And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,

And when they heard {that}, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence {which I make} now unto you.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,

Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against {them}.

And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee.

Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

Men {and} brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.

For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: {accursed: or, separated}

And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.

Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men {and} brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,

Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

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.

And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled {them} to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted {them} even unto strange cities.

Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee.

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.

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.