21:33. Then the tribune, coming near, took him and commanded him to be bound with two chains: and demanded who he was and what he had done. 21:34. And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude. And when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle. 21:35. And when he was come to the stairs, it fell out that he was carried by the soldiers, because of the violence of the people. 21:36. For the multitude of the people followed after, crying: Away with him! 21:37. And as Paul was about to be brought into the castle, he saith to the tribune: May I speak something to thee? Who said: Canst thou speak Greek? 21:38. Art not thou that Egyptian who before these days didst raise a tumult and didst lead forth into the desert four thousand men that were murderers? 21:39. But Paul said to him: I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city. And I beseech thee, suffer me to speak to the people. 21:40. And when he had given him leave, Paul standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand to the people. And a great silence being made, he spoke unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying: Acts Chapter 22 Paul declares to the people the history of his conversion. He escapes scourging by claiming the privilege of a Roman citizen. 22:1. Men, brethren and fathers, hear ye the account which I now give unto you. 22:2. (And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more silence.) 22:3. And he saith: I am a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the truth of the law of the fathers, zealous for the law, as also all you are this day: 22:4. Who persecuted this way unto death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women, 22:5. As the high priest doth bear me witness and all the ancients. From whom also receiving letters to the brethren, I went to Damascus, that I might bring them bound from thence to Jerusalem to be punished. 22:6. And it came to pass, as I was going and drawing nigh to Damascus, at mid-day, that suddenly from heaven there shone round about me a great light: 22:7. And falling on the ground, I heard a voice saying to me: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 22:8. And I answered: Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me: I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest. 22:9. And they that were with me saw indeed the light: but they heard not the voice of him that spoke with me. Heard not the voice. . .That is, they distinguished not the words; though they heard the voice. Acts 9. 7. 22:10. And I said: What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me: Arise and go to Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things that thou must do. 22:11. And whereas I did not see for the brightness of that light, being led by the hand by my companions, I came to Damascus,