Act 22:1, Rom 9:3-4 | ESV | STEP | Brothers and fathers , hear the defense that I now make before you .

a ch. 7:2

b[Ex. 32:32]

c 1 Cor. 12:3; 16:22; Gal. 1:8, 9

e[ch. 11:14]

f[ver. 6; ch. 2:28, 29; Gal. 6:16]

g[Ex. 4:22]; See ch. 8:15

h Ex. 40:34; 1 Sam. 4:21; 1 Kgs. 8:11

i Gen. 17:2; Deut. 29:14; Gal. 4:24; Eph. 2:12

j Deut. 4:14; [Ps. 147:19]

k Heb. 9:1 (Gk.); [ch. 12:1]

l[Eph. 2:12]; See John 4:22; Acts 13:32

Acts 22:1

1 ^a“Brothers and fathers, hear the defense that I now make before you.”

Romans 9:3-4

3 For ^bI could wish that I myself were ^caccursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters} my kinsmen ^eaccording to the flesh. 4 They are ^fIsraelites, and to them belong ^gthe adoption, ^hthe glory, ⁱthe covenants, ^jthe giving of the law, ^kthe worship, and ^lthe promises.