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Podcast: BIBLE IN TEN
Episode: Acts 22:1
Description: Sunday, 19 November 2023
“Brethren and fathers, hear my defense before you now.” Acts 22:1
The Greek reads – “Men, brothers and fathers, hear now my defense to you” (CG).
In the previous verse, which ended Chapter 21, Paul had been given permission to speak to the mob. Therefore, he motioned with his hand and began speaking to them in their own dialect. His recorded words begin with, “Men, brothers and fathers.”
He begins his discourse with the same words as Stephen in Acts 7:2. Andres, adelphoi kai pateres – “Men, brothers and fathers.” It seems...