Acts of the Apostles - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 1167
The New Testament
J5 Sir? ’ But the Lord answered mc, ` Arise, march into Damascus; and
there you shall be told about all that I have arranged for you to do. Being unable, however, to see,
owing to the brightness of that light, I proceeded to Damascus, led by the hand of my companions. There one Ananias, a pious man according to the law, of good repute among all the jewish inhabitants, coming and stand- ing by my side, said to me, ’ Brother Saul, see again ’; and I at that moment looked upon him. He then said, ‘The God of our
forefathershas prepared you to under- stand His intention, and to look upon the Righteous One, and to listen to language from His mouth; so that you may be a witness for Him before all men respecting what you have seen
:6 and heard. And whydo you nowdelay? Arise, be uaptized, and wash away your sins, calling upon His name. But it so happened to me on re- visiting jerusalem, that, while I was praying in the temple, I fell into an
, :8 ecstasy; and saw Him, saying to me, ' Haste, and go out from jerusalem
quickly, for they will not accept your evidence concerning Me. I replied, ‘ They themselves well Z! 22 know, Lord, that I was imprisouing and tloggingin every synagogue those believing upon You. Yes, and when the blood of Your martyr Stephen was poured out, I myself was then Chief justice, and gave the Decision, and guarded the garments of his murderers} He then said, ‘ Go: for I will send you far away to the * * * They listened attentively until he
came to this expression, when, rais- ing their voices, they exclaimed, Take this fellow from the earth, for he is not fit to live! ’ And as they yelled, and tore off
their cloaks, and threw dust in the air, the Commandant ordered him to be taken into the fortress, directing him to he examined by Begging; so that he might ascertain for what reason they roared against him. But when they had fastened him
with the straps, Paul asked the
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used by Paul to indicate his position at that trial is a Titular one, 'Eowréos, (Ephestos), hich in Enlish would be “Chie wgf justice? He was, in act, President of the Ecclesias- tical Court of jerusalem.--F.F. Is it legal without a trial ? On hearing that, the captain went 26 to report to the Commandant : “ What do you intend to do ? for this man is a Roman.” The Commandant, coming, then 27 Tell me, are you a was his reply. When the Coxntnandant answered, 28 But I was one by birth,”rejoined Paul. Then those who were about to tor~ 29 ture him immediately stood back; and the Commandanthimself was also terrihed on discovering that he was a Roman; and because he had ordered him to be bound. On the following morning,however, 3o desiring to ascertain the actual accusation of the judeans, he freed him; and, summoning the chief priests and the whole of the senate to assemble, he conducted Paul down, and placed him before them; fam! before ily: 52::6:. Paul, then, looking fixedly at the
Men, brothers! I have done my duty with aclear conscience in the presence of God until this very day ·|· Q in The High Priest, Ananias, inter-
posing, ordered the otiicers standing near him to strike him on the mouth. God will strike you, you white-
exclaimed Paul, in reply to him. ‘* Do you sit to try me in accordance- with the law, and in defiance of the law order me to be The attendants, standing by, ex-
How dare you abuse the High Priest of God ? ' I do not know, brothers, that he
is High Priest: for it is written, You SHALL Nor SPEAK ILL on THE ¤ Paul, perceiving, however, that one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, shouted out to the senate: Men! Brothers! I am myself a
Phariseel a son of Pharisees! it is concerning a hope and resurrection from the dead that I amp indicted!
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I No·re.—It was death under the old Roman Law f to bind u or doa R or any one g oman citizen, except by order of the Emperor, or his Lieutenant, after trial.——F. F. 2 Exod. xxii. 28. rrho
