Acts 9:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But Saul went on increasing in power, and the Jews in Damascus were not able to give answers to the arguments by which he made it clear that Jesus was the Christ.

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  • Acts 18:5 : 5 And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.
  • Acts 18:27-28 : 27 And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace: 28 For he overcame the Jews in public discussion, making clear from the holy Writings that the Christ was Jesus.
  • Acts 28:23 : 23 And when a day had been fixed, they came to his house in great numbers; and he gave them teaching, giving witness to the kingdom of God, and having discussions with them about Jesus, from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening.
  • 1 Cor 1:27 : 27 But God made selection of the foolish things of this world so that he might put the wise to shame; and the feeble things that he might put to shame the strong;
  • Isa 40:29 : 29 He gives power to the feeble, increasing the strength of him who has no force.
  • Luke 21:15 : 15 For I will give you words and wisdom, so that not one of those who are against you will be able to get the better of you, or to put you in the wrong.
  • Luke 24:44-45 : 44 And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect. 45 Then he made the holy Writings clear to their minds.
  • Acts 6:9-9 : 9 But some of those who were of the Synagogue named that of the Libertines, and some of the men of Cyrene and of Alexandria and those from Cilicia and Asia, had arguments with Stephen. 10 But they were not able to get the better of him, for his words were full of wisdom and of the Spirit.
  • Acts 17:3 : 3 Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; and that this Jesus, whom, he said, I am preaching to you, is the Christ.
  • 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on me. 10 So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.
  • Phil 4:13 : 13 I am able to do all things through him who gives me strength.
  • Gen 49:24 : 24 But their bows were broken by a strong one, and the cords of their arms were cut by the Strength of Jacob, by the name of the Stone of Israel:
  • Job 17:9 : 9 Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.
  • Ps 84:7 : 7 They go from strength to strength; every one of them comes before God in Zion.

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  • Acts 9:16-21
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    16 For I will make clear to him what troubles he will have to undergo for me.

    17 And Ananias went out and came to the house, and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, whom you saw when you were on your journey, has sent me, so that you may be able to see, and be full of the Holy Spirit.

    18 And straight away it seemed as if a veil was taken from his eyes, and he was able to see; and he got up, and had baptism;

    19 And when he had taken food his strength came back. And for some days he kept with the disciples who were in Damascus.

    20 And straight away, in the Synagogues, he was preaching Jesus as the Son of God.

    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.

  • Acts 9:23
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    23 Then, after some days, the Jews made an agreement together to put him to death:

  • Acts 18:28
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    28 For he overcame the Jews in public discussion, making clear from the holy Writings that the Christ was Jesus.

  • Acts 9:26-30
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    26 And when he came to Jerusalem, he made an attempt to be joined to the disciples, but they were all in fear of him, not taking him for a disciple.

    27 But Barnabas took him to the Apostles and gave them an account of how he had seen the Lord on the road, and had given hearing to his words, and how at Damascus he had been preaching in the name of Jesus without fear.

    28 And he was with them, going in and out at Jerusalem,

    29 Preaching in the name of the Lord without fear; and he had discussions with the Greek Jews; but they were working for his death.

    30 And when the brothers had knowledge of it, they took him to Caesarea and sent him to Tarsus.

  • Acts 9:1-5
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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.

    3 And while he was journeying, he came near Damascus; and suddenly he saw a light from heaven shining round him;

    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:

  • Acts 22:4-11
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    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.

  • Acts 26:12-13
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    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.

  • Acts 9:7-8
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    7 And the men who were with him were not able to say anything; hearing the voice, but seeing no one.

    8 And Saul got up from the earth, and when his eyes were open, he saw nothing; and he was guided by the hand into Damascus.

  • Acts 13:9
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    9 But Saul, whose other name is Paul, being full of the Holy Spirit, looking hard at him, said,

  • Acts 18:5
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    5 And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.

  • Acts 9:11
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    11 And the Lord said to him, Get up, and go to the street which is named Straight, and make search at the house of Judas for one named Saul of Tarsus: for he is at prayer;

  • Gal 1:22-23
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    22 And the churches of Judaea which were in Christ still had no knowledge of my face or person:

    23 Only it came to their ears that he who at one time was cruel to us is now preaching the faith which before had been attacked by him;

  • Gal 1:13-14
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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:

    14 And I went farther in the Jews' religion than a number of my generation among my countrymen, having a more burning interest in the beliefs handed down from my fathers.

  • Acts 22:19
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    19 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:

  • Acts 8:3
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    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 26:15
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    15 And I said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking.

  • Acts 26:9-10
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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.

  • Acts 2:22
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    22 Men of Israel, give ear to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man who had the approval of God, as was made clear to you by the great works and signs and wonders which God did by him among you, as you yourselves have knowledge,

  • Acts 8:1
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    1 And Saul gave approval to his death. Now at that time a violent attack was started against the church in Jerusalem; and all but the Apostles went away into all parts of Judaea and Samaria.

  • Acts 9:13
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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:

  • Acts 17:3
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    3 Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; and that this Jesus, whom, he said, I am preaching to you, is the Christ.

  • Acts 26:21
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    21 For this reason, the Jews took me in the Temple, and made an attempt to put me to death.

  • Acts 2:36
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    36 For this reason, let all Israel be certain that this Jesus, whom you put to death on the cross, God has made Lord and Christ.

  • Acts 24:14
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    14 But this I will say openly to you, that I do give worship to the God of our fathers after that Way, which to them is not the true religion: but I have belief in all the things which are in the law and in the books of the prophets:

  • Acts 19:20
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    20 So the word of the Lord was increased very greatly and was full of power.