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a
fellow
from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
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And as they cried out, and cast off
their
clothes, and threw dust into the air,
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The chief captain commanded him to be brought into
the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they
cried so against him.
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And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood
by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
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When the centurion
heard
that,
he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is
a Roman.
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Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said,
Yea.
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And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said,
But I was
free
born.
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Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him:
and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound
him.
30
On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of
the Jews, he loosed him from
his
bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to
appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.
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And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men
and
brethren, I have lived in all good conscience
before God until this day.
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And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to
smite him on the mouth.
3
Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee,
thou
whited wall: for
sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?
4
And
they that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest?
5
Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that
he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.
6
But
when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the
council, Men
and
brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of
the dead I am called in question.
7
And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the
Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
8
For the Sadducees say that there is
no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
9
And there arose a great
cry: and the scribes
that were
of the Pharisees’ part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in
this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
10
And when
there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces
of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to
bring
him
into the castle.
11
And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said,
Be of good
cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
12
And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse,
saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
13
And they were more than
forty which had made this conspiracy.
14
And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said,
We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.
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