Acts 22:1
“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”
2 When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared,
3 “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”
- KJV
- Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
- WEB
- “Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you.”
- ASV
- Brethren and fathers, hear ye the defence which I now make unto you.
- DARBY
- Brethren and fathers, hear my defence which I now make to you.
- BLB
- “Men, brothers and fathers, hear now my defense to you⁺.”
- ÅB
- Brødre og fedre! Hør på det jeg nå vil si dere til mitt forsvar!
- OTB
- «Brødre og fedre, hør mitt forsvar som jeg nå tilbyr dere.»
- B1930
- Brødre og fedre! Hør på det jeg nu vil si eder til mitt forsvar!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 7:2
And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
Read in context2 Timothy 4:16
At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.
Read in contextActs 13:26
Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.
Read in contextActs 23:6
Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
Read in contextActs 23:1
Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to this day.”
Read in contextActs 28:17
After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
Read in contextActs 25:16
I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:19
Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.
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