Acts 22:1
Ye men brethre and fathers heare myne answere which I make vnto you.
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
In The King James Version
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
In Context
2Whe they hearde that he spake in ye Ebrue tonge to them they kept the moore silence. And he sayde:
Cross References
Luke 21:14Let it sticke therfore faste in youre hertes not once to stody before what ye shall answere:
Acts 13:26Ye men and brethren chyldren of the generacion of Abraham and whosoever amoge you feareth God to you is this worde of salvacio sent.
Acts 23:1Paul behelde the counsell and sayde: men and brethre I have lived in all good coscience before God vntill this daye.
Acts 24:10Then Paul (after that the rular him selfe had beckened vnto him that he shuld speake) answered: I shall with a moare quyet minde answere for my selfe for as moche as I vnderstonde yt thou hast bene of many yeares a iudge vnto this people
Acts 25:16To whom I answered: It is not the maner of the Romayns to delyver eny man that he shuld perisshe before that he which is accused have the accusars before him and have licence to answer for him selfe concerninge ye cryme layde agaynst him:
Acts 26:24As he thus answered for him selfe: Festus sayde with a lowde voyce: Paul thou arte besides thy selfe. Moche learnynge hath made the mad.
Matthew Henry on Acts 22:1
In the close of the foregoing chapter we had Paul bound, according to Agabus's prophecy of the hard usage he should receive from the Jews at Jerusalem, yet he had his tongue set at liberty, by the permission the chief captain gave him to speak for himself; and so intent he is upon using that liberty of speech which is allowed him, to the honour of Christ and the service of his interest, that he forgets the bonds he is in, makes no mention of them, but speaks of the great things Christ had done for him with as much… Read the whole commentary →