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Chapter 22

Paul’s Speech to the People of Jerusalem.[a] “Brethren and fathers, listen to what I have to say to you in my defense.” When they heard him addressing them in Aramaic, they became even more quiet than before.

Then he continued, “I am a Jew, born atTarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city. As a pupil of Gamaliel, I was thoroughly trained in the Law of our ancestors. I have always been zealous toward God, just as all of you are today. Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Acts 22:1 Paul refers chiefly to his conversion and explains it. That event dominated his life: the story is told three times in Acts (9:1-19; 22:1-21; 26:9-18). In speaking to Jews, as he does here, Paul mentions a detail that is omitted in the other two accounts: he received his mission in the temple (vv. 17-21).