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And straight away he took some armed men and went quickly down to them: and the Jews, seeing them, gave no more blows to Paul.

δὲ de “And”

And some said one thing and some another, among the people: and as he was not able to get a knowledge of the facts because of the noise, he gave orders for Paul to be taken into the army building.

δὲ de “however”δὲ de “now”

And when he came on to the steps, he was lifted up by the armed men, because of the force of the people;

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And when Paul was about to be taken into the building, he said to the chief captain, May I say something to you? And he said, Have you a knowledge of Greek?

δὲ de “Then”

But Paul said, I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, which is not an unimportant town: I make a request to you to let me say a word to the people.

δὲ de “however”δέ de “however”

And when he let him do so, Paul, from the steps, made a sign with his hand to the people, and when they were all quiet, he said to them in the Hebrew language,

δὲ de “then”δὲ de “then”

And, hearing him talking in the Hebrew language, they became the more quiet, and he said,

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I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia by birth, but I had my education in this town at the feet of Gamaliel, being trained in the keeping of every detail of the law of our fathers; given up to the cause of God with all my heart, as you are today.

δὲ de “however”

And it came about that while I was on my journey, coming near to Damascus, about the middle of the day, suddenly I saw a great light from heaven shining round me.

δέ de “however”

And I, answering, said, Who are you; Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are attacking.

δὲ de “then”

And those who were with me saw the light, but the voice of him who was talking to me came not to their ears.

δὲ de “then”δὲ de “however”

And I said, What have I to do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Get up, and go into Damascus; and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.

δέ· de “then;”δὲ de “And”

And because I was unable to see because of the glory of that light, those who were with me took me by the hand, and so I came to Damascus.

δὲ de “now”

And one Ananias, a God-fearing man, who kept the law, and of whom all the Jews in that place had a high opinion,

δέ de “then”

And he said, You have been marked out by the God of our fathers to have knowledge of his purpose, and to see the Upright One and to give ear to the words of his mouth.

δὲ de “And”

And it came about that when I had come back to Jerusalem, while I was at prayer in the Temple, my senses became more than naturally clear,

δέ de “then”

And they gave him a hearing as far as this word; then with loud voices they said, Away with this man from the earth; it is not right for him to be living.

δὲ de “now”

And when they had put leather bands round him, Paul said to the captain who was present, Is it the law for you to give blows to a man who is a Roman and has not been judged?

δὲ de “however”

And hearing this, the man went to the chief captain and gave him an account of it, saying, What are you about to do? for this man is a Roman.

δὲ de “then”

And the chief captain came to him and said, Give me an answer, are you a Roman? And he said, Yes.

δὲ de “then”δὲ de “And”

And the chief captain said, I got Roman rights for myself at a great price. And Paul said, But I had them by birth.

δὲ de “then”δὲ de “But”δὲ de “however”

Then those who were about to put him to the test went away: and the chief captain was in fear, seeing that he was a Roman, and that he had put chains on him.

δὲ de “also”

But on the day after, desiring to have certain knowledge of what the Jews had to say against him, he made him free, and gave orders for the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to come together, and he took Paul and put him before them.

δὲ de “now”

And Paul, looking fixedly at the Sanhedrin, said, My brothers, my life has been upright before God till this day.

δὲ de “then”

And the high priest, Ananias, gave orders to those who were near him to give him a blow on the mouth.

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