Acts 22:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And I said, Lord, they themselves have knowledge that I went through the Synagogues putting in prison and whipping all those who had faith in you:

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  • Matt 10:17 : 17 But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;
  • Acts 22:4 : 4 And I made attacks on this Way, even to death, taking men and women and putting them in prison.
  • Acts 8:3 : 3 But Saul was burning with hate against the church, going into every house and taking men and women and putting them in prison.
  • Acts 9:1 : 1 But Saul, still burning with desire to put to death the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
  • Acts 26:9-9 : 9 For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 10 And this I did in Jerusalem: and numbers of the saints I put in prison, having had authority given to me from the chief priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my decision against them. 11 And I gave them punishment frequently, in all the Synagogues, forcing them to say things against God; and burning with passion against them, I went after them even into far-away towns. 12 Then, when I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and orders of the chief priests,

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    20 And when Stephen your witness was put to death, I was there, giving approval, and looking after the clothing of those who put him to death.

    21 And he said to me, Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.

    22 And they gave him a hearing as far as this word; then with loud voices they said, Away with this man from the earth; it is not right for him to be living.

  • Acts 26:9-15
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    9 For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

    10 And this I did in Jerusalem: and numbers of the saints I put in prison, having had authority given to me from the chief priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my decision against them.

    11 And I gave them punishment frequently, in all the Synagogues, forcing them to say things against God; and burning with passion against them, I went after them even into far-away towns.

    12 Then, when I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and orders of the chief priests,

    13 In the middle of the day, on the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining round me and those who were journeying with me.

    14 And when we had all gone down on the earth, a voice came to me, saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? It is hard for you to go against the impulse which is driving you.

    15 And I said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking.

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    2 And, hearing him talking in the Hebrew language, they became the more quiet, and he said,

    3 I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia by birth, but I had my education in this town at the feet of Gamaliel, being trained in the keeping of every detail of the law of our fathers; given up to the cause of God with all my heart, as you are today.

    4 And I made attacks on this Way, even to death, taking men and women and putting them in prison.

    5 Of which the high priest will be a witness, and all the rulers, from whom I had letters to the brothers; and I went into Damascus, to take those who were there as prisoners to Jerusalem for punishment.

    6 And it came about that while I was on my journey, coming near to Damascus, about the middle of the day, suddenly I saw a great light from heaven shining round me.

    7 And when I went down on the earth, a voice came to my ears saying to me, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?

    8 And I, answering, said, Who are you; Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are attacking.

    9 And those who were with me saw the light, but the voice of him who was talking to me came not to their ears.

    10 And I said, What have I to do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Get up, and go into Damascus; and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.

    11 And because I was unable to see because of the glory of that light, those who were with me took me by the hand, and so I came to Damascus.

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    17 And it came about that when I had come back to Jerusalem, while I was at prayer in the Temple, my senses became more than naturally clear,

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    21 For this reason, the Jews took me in the Temple, and made an attempt to put me to death.

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    13 For news has come to you of my way of life in the past in the Jews' religion, how I was cruel without measure to the church of God, and did great damage to it:

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    4 All the Jews have knowledge of my way of life from my early years, as it was from the start among my nation, and at Jerusalem;

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    13 And they are not able to give facts in support of the things which they say against me now.

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    21 And all those hearing him were full of wonder and said, Is not this the man who in Jerusalem was attacking all the worshippers of this name? and he had come here so that he might take them as prisoners before the chief priests.

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    22 And the churches of Judaea which were in Christ still had no knowledge of my face or person:

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    13 But Ananias said, Lord, I have had accounts of this man from a number of people, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem:

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    1 But Saul, still burning with desire to put to death the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

    2 And made a request for letters from him to the Synagogues of Damascus, so that if there were any of the Way there, men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

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    22 And the people made an attack on them all together: and the authorities took their clothing off them, and gave orders for them to be whipped.

    23 And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:

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    19 Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:

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    4 And he went down on the earth, and a voice said to him, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?

    5 And he said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking:

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    22 And now, as you see, I am going to Jerusalem, a prisoner in spirit, having no knowledge of what will come to me there:

    23 Only that the Holy Spirit makes clear to me in every town that prison and pains are waiting for me.

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    20 And hearing it, they gave praise to God; and they said to him, You see, brother, what thousands there are among the Jews, who have the faith; and they all have a great respect for the law:

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    22 But we have a desire to give hearing to your opinion: for as to this form of religion, we have knowledge that in all places it is attacked.

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    9 For I am the least of the Apostles, having no right to be named an Apostle, because of my cruel attacks on the church of God.

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    11 My punishments and pain; the things which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; the cruel attacks made on me: and the Lord made me free from them all.

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