44:022:017 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem,
even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;
44:022:018 And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
44:022:019 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
44:022:020 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.
44:022:021 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
44:022:022 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
44:022:023 And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,
44:022:024 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle,
and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he
might know wherefore they cried so against him.
44:022:025 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the
centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man
that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
44:022:026 When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief
captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a
Roman.