Acts 22:1
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
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 he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
Read in context2 Timothy 4:16
At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
Read in contextActs 13:26
Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
Read in contextActs 23:6
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.
Read in contextActs 23:1
And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
Read in contextActs 28:17
And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
Read in contextActs 25:16
To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:19
Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.
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