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Acts 22

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Acts of the Apostles

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Acts 22

Acts 22 is the twenty-second chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the event leading to Paul's imprisonment in Jerusalem. The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke composed this book as well as the Gospel of Luke.

Contents

Text

The original text is written in Koine Greek and is divided into 30 verses. Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter are:

  • Codex Vaticanus (AD 325-350)
  • Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330-360)
  • Codex Bezae (ca. AD 400)
  • Codex Alexandrinus (ca. AD 400-440)
  • Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (ca. AD 450; extant: verses 21-30)
  • Codex Laudianus (ca. AD 550)
  • Location

    The events in this chapter took place in Jerusalem.

    Structure

    This chapter can be grouped:

  • Acts 22:1-21 = Addressing the Jerusalem Mob
  • Acts 22:22-29 = Paul’s Roman Citizenship
  • Acts 22:30 = The Sanhedrin Divided
  • Verse 3

    [Paul said:] "I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the strictness of our fathers’ law, and was zealous toward God as you all are today."

    Verse 8

    [Paul said:] "So I answered, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.’"

    Verse 12

    [Paul said:] "Then a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good testimony with all the Jews who dwelt there,"

    Verse 16

    [Paul retold that Ananias said to him:] "And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord."

    Verse 28

    The commander answered, “With a large sum I obtained this citizenship.” And Paul said, “But I was born a citizen.”

    References

    Acts 22 Wikipedia