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Acts 22:23 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" As they cried out, threw off their cloaks, and threw dust into the air, "

Acts 22:23

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21 “He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’ ”

22 They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice and said, “Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn’t fit to live!”

23 As they cried out, threw off their cloaks, and threw dust into the air,

24 the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks, ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that.

25 When they had tied him up with straps, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?”

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Acts 22:1

"“Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you.”"

Acts 22:2

"When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said,"

Acts 22:3

"“I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict tradition of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are today."

Acts 22:4

"I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women,"

Acts 22:5

"as also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished."

Acts 22:6

"“As I made my journey and came close to Damascus, about noon suddenly a great light shone around me from the sky."

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