Actus Apostolorum

Actus, chapter 22, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 22 Vulgate

   1 "Viri fratres et patres, audi te a me, quam ad vos nunc reddo, rationem".
   2 Cum audissent autem quia Hebraea lingua loquebatur ad illos, magis praestiterunt silentium. Et dixit:
   3 "Ego sum vir Iudaeus, natus Tarso Ciliciae, enutritus autem in ista civitate, secus pedes Gamaliel eruditus iuxta veritatem paternae legis, aemulator Dei, sicut et vos omnes estis hodie.
   4 Qui hanc viam persecutus sum usque ad mortem, alligans et tradens in custodias viros ac mulieres,
   5 sicut et princeps sacerdotum testimonium mihi reddit et omne concilium; a quibus et epistulas accipiens ad fratres, Damascum pergebam, ut adducerem et eos, qui ibi essent, vinctos in Ierusalem, uti punirentur.
   6 Factum est autem, eunte me et appropinquante Damasco, circa mediam diem subito de caelo circumfulsit me lux copiosa;
   7 et decidi in terram et audivi vocem dicentem mihi: "Saul, Saul, quid me persequeris?".
   8 Ego autem respondi: "Quis es, Domine?". Dixitque ad me: "Ego sum Iesus Nazarenus, quem tu persequeris".
   9 Et, qui mecum erant, lumen quidem viderunt, vocem autem non audierunt eius, qui loquebatur mecum.
   10 Et dixi: "Quid faciam, Domine?". Dominus autem dixit ad me: "Surgens vade Damascum, et ibi tibi dicetur de omnibus, quae statutum est tibi, ut faceres".
   11 Et cum non viderem prae claritate luminis illius, ad manum deductus a comitibus veni Damascum.
   12 Ananias autem quidam vir religiosus secundum legem, testimonium habens ab omnibus habitantibus Iudaeis,
   13 veniens ad me et astans dixit mihi: "Saul frater, respice!". Et ego eadem hora respexi in eum.
   14 At ille dixit: "Deus patrum nostrorum praeordinavit te, ut cognosceres voluntatem eius et videres Iustum et audires vocem ex ore eius,
   15 quia eris testis illi ad omnes homines eorum, quae vidisti et audisti.
   16 Et nunc quid moraris? Exsurgens baptizare et ablue peccata tua, invocato nomine ipsius".
   17 Factum est autem, revertenti mihi in Ierusalem et oranti in templo fieri me in stupore mentis
   18 et videre illum dicentem mihi: "Festina et exi velociter ex Ierusalem, quoniam non recipient testimonium tuum de me".
   19 Et ego dixi: "Domine, ipsi sciunt quia ego eram concludens in carcerem et caedens per synagogas eos, qui credebant in te;
   20 et cum funderetur sanguis Stephani testis tui, et ipse astabam et consentiebam et custodiebam vestimenta interficientium illum".
   21 Et dixit ad me: "Vade, quoniam ego in nationes longe mittam te" ".
   22 Audiebant autem eum usque ad hoc verbum et levaverunt vocem suam dicentes: "Tolle de terra eiusmodi, non enim fas est eum vivere!".
   23 Vociferantibus autem eis et proicientibus vestimenta sua et pulverem iactantibus in aerem,
   24 iussit tribunus induci eum in castra dicens flagellis eum interrogari, ut sciret propter quam causam sic acclamarent ei.
   25 Et cum astrinxissent eum loris, dixit astanti centurioni Paulus: "Si hominem Romanum et indemnatum licet vobis flagellare?".
   26 Quo audito, centurio accedens ad tribunum nuntiavit dicens: "Quid acturus es? Hic enim homo Romanus est".
   27 Accedens autem tribunus dixit illi: "Dic mihi, tu Romanus es?". At ille dixit: "Etiam".
   28 Et respondit tribunus: "Ego multa summa civitatem hanc consecutus sum". Et Paulus ait: "Ego autem et natus sum".
   29 Protinus ergo discesserunt ab illo, qui eum interrogaturi erant; tribunus quoque timuit, postquam rescivit quia Romanus esset, et quia alligasset eum.
   30 Postera autem die, volens scire diligenter qua ex causa accusaretur a Iudaeis, solvit eum et iussit principes sacerdotum convenire et omne concilium et producens Paulum statuit coram illis.

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

King James Version

   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.
   4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
   5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.
   6 And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.
   7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
   8 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
   9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
   10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.
   11 And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.
   12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,
   13 Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.
   14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
   15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
   16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
   17 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;
   18 And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
   19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
   20 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.
   21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
   22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
   23 And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,
   24 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.
   25 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?
   26 When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.
   27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
   28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
   29 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.