Acts 22:20

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And when the blood of Your servant Stephen was being shed, I stood there, giving my approval and guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.'

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  • Acts 7:58 : 58 They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.
  • Acts 8:1 : 1 Saul was in full agreement with his execution. On that day, a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all the believers, except the apostles, were scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.
  • Rom 1:32 : 32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things but also approve of those who practice them.
  • Rev 2:13 : 13 I know where you live—where Satan’s throne is. Yet you hold fast to my name and did not deny your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death among you, where Satan dwells.
  • Rev 17:6 : 6 I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I was utterly amazed.
  • Acts 26:10 : 10 And that is what I did in Jerusalem. I locked up many of the saints in prison, having received authority from the chief priests. And when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.
  • Luke 11:48 : 48 So you are witnesses and approve of the deeds of your ancestors; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

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  • Acts 22:17-19
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    82%

    17After I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance.

    18I saw Him saying to me, 'Hurry and leave Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.'

    19But I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that I used to imprison and beat those who believed in You in the synagogues.

  • Acts 26:9-16
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    81%

    9Indeed, I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

    10And that is what I did in Jerusalem. I locked up many of the saints in prison, having received authority from the chief priests. And when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.

    11I punished them often in all the synagogues, trying to force them to blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

    12In this pursuit, I was traveling to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests.

    13At midday, O King, while I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those traveling with me.

    14When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in Hebrew, saying, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'

    15I asked, 'Who are you, Lord?' And the Lord replied, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.'

    16But rise and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you: to appoint you as a servant and a witness of what you have seen and of what I will show you.

  • Acts 22:2-11
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    77%

    2When they heard that he was speaking to them in the Hebrew language, they became even more quiet, and he said:

    3I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city and educated at the feet of Gamaliel, strictly according to the law of our ancestors. I was zealous for God, just as all of you are today.

    4I persecuted this Way to the point of death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison.

    5As the high priest and the council of elders can testify, I even obtained letters from them to the brothers in Damascus and went there to bring back these people as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.

    6But as I was traveling and approaching Damascus, about noon, a bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.

    7I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

    8I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, the one you are persecuting.’

    9Now those who were with me saw the light, but they did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.

    10I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ The Lord told me, ‘Get up and go into Damascus. There you will be told everything that has been assigned for you to do.’

    11Since I could not see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me and went into Damascus.

  • Acts 22:21-23
    3 verses
    76%

    21Then He said to me, 'Go, because I am sending you far away to the Gentiles.'

    22They listened to him until this statement. Then they raised their voices, shouting, 'Rid the earth of this man! He should not be allowed to live!'

    23As they were shouting, throwing off their cloaks, and flinging dust into the air,

  • Acts 7:57-60
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    75%

    57At this they covered their ears and, shouting at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him.

    58They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.

    59While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, 'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.'

    60Then he fell to his knees and cried out, 'Lord, do not hold this sin against them.' When he had said this, he fell asleep.

  • Acts 26:21-22
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    21For this reason, the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.

    22But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to both small and great, saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:

  • Acts 8:1-2
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    74%

    1Saul was in full agreement with his execution. On that day, a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all the believers, except the apostles, were scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.

    2Devout men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him.

  • Gal 1:13
    72%

    13For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it.

  • Acts 24:20-21
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    72%

    20Or let these men here state what wrongdoing they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin.

    21Unless it was for this one statement I made while standing among them: 'It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am being judged before you today.'

  • Acts 9:1
    72%

    1But Saul, still breathing out threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, approached the high priest.

  • Acts 24:14
    70%

    14But I admit this to you: I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is in the Law and written in the Prophets.

  • Acts 18:6
    70%

    6But when they opposed him and spoke abusively, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, 'Your blood is on your own heads. I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.'

  • Acts 14:5
    70%

    5When both Gentiles and Jews, along with their leaders, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them,

  • Acts 22:13
    69%

    13He came to me, stood by, and said, 'Brother Saul, regain your sight!' At that moment, I looked up and could see him.

  • Acts 9:23
    69%

    23After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him.

  • Acts 20:26
    69%

    26Therefore, I testify to you today that I am innocent of the blood of everyone.

  • Acts 26:4
    69%

    4The way of life I have lived since my youth, from the very beginning among my own people and in Jerusalem, is well known to all the Jews.

  • Acts 9:21
    69%

    21All who heard him were amazed and said, "Isn’t this the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those who call on this name? And didn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?"

  • Acts 20:19
    69%

    19'I served the Lord with all humility, with tears, and with trials that came to me through the plots of the Jews.'

  • Phil 3:6
    69%

    6as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.

  • Acts 22:15
    69%

    15For you will be His witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.

  • 2 Cor 11:32
    69%

    32In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded to arrest me,

  • Acts 9:13
    68%

    13Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.

  • Gal 1:23
    68%

    23They only heard the report: 'The one who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.'