Acts 26:11

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I 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.

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  • Matt 10:17 : 17 But be on guard against people, for they will hand you over to councils and will flog you in their synagogues.
  • Acts 22:19 : 19 But I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that I used to imprison and beat those who believed in You in the synagogues.
  • Acts 13:45 : 45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy. They began to contradict what Paul was saying and heaped abuse on him.
  • Acts 18:6 : 6 But 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 22:5 : 5 As 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.
  • Eccl 9:3 : 3 This is the distressing thing about everything that happens under the sun: the same fate befalls all. Moreover, the hearts of humans are full of evil, and madness resides in their hearts during their lives; and after that, they join the dead.
  • Acts 26:24-25 : 24 While Paul was making his defense, Festus said loudly, 'You are out of your mind, Paul! Your great learning is driving you insane.' 25 Paul replied, 'I am not insane, most excellent Festus. What I am saying is true and reasonable.'
  • Heb 10:28-29 : 28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 How much more severe punishment do you think someone deserves who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, treated as unholy the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
  • Jas 2:7 : 7 Are they not the ones who blaspheme the noble name that was invoked over you?
  • 2 Pet 2:16 : 16 But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey—a beast without speech—that spoke with a man's voice and restrained the prophet's madness.
  • Mark 3:28 : 28 Truly I tell you, all sins and blasphemies of men will be forgiven,
  • Mark 13:9 : 9 'You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to councils and beaten in synagogues. On account of Me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.'
  • Luke 6:11 : 11 But they were filled with rage and began discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.
  • Luke 15:17 : 17 But when he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but here I am dying from hunger!
  • Luke 21:12 : 12 But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors on account of my name.
  • Acts 9:1 : 1 But Saul, still breathing out threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, approached the high priest.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 26:9-10
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    85%

    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.

  • Acts 26:12-15
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    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.'

  • Acts 22:18-21
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    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.

    20And 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.'

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

  • Acts 22:3-8
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    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.’

  • Gal 1:13-14
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    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.

    14I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation, being far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.

  • Acts 26:21
    76%

    21For this reason, the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.

  • Acts 8:3
    74%

    3But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

  • 1 Tim 1:13
    73%

    13Even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.

  • Gal 1:22-23
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    22I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.

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

  • Acts 9:1-2
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    1But Saul, still breathing out threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, approached the high priest.

    2He requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

  • Phil 3:6
    72%

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

  • Acts 9:21
    72%

    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?"

  • 2 Tim 3:11
    71%

    11You know my persecutions and sufferings—what happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra—the persecutions I endured. But the Lord delivered me from all of them.

  • Acts 14:5-6
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    5When both Gentiles and Jews, along with their leaders, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them,

    6Paul and Barnabas became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia—Lystra and Derbe—and the surrounding region.

  • Acts 26:4-5
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    70%

    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.

    5They have known me for a long time, and if they are willing, they can testify that I lived according to the strictest sect of our religion as a Pharisee.

  • Acts 22:11
    70%

    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 16:22-23
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    22The crowd joined in the attack against them, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods.

    23After they had inflicted many blows on them, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.

  • 1 Cor 15:9
    70%

    9For I am the least of the apostles, not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

  • 2 Cor 11:23-24
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    23Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more so: in labors more abundant, in stripes beyond measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often.

    24Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.

  • 1 Thess 2:15-16
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    70%

    15They killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and they drove us out. They do not please God and are hostile to everyone.

    16They forbid us to speak to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. In this way, they constantly fill up the measure of their sins. But the wrath of God has come upon them fully.

  • Acts 9:13
    69%

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

  • Acts 8:1
    69%

    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.

  • 2 Cor 11:32
    69%

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

  • Heb 11:36
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    36Still others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

  • Acts 13:50
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    50But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their region.

  • 2 Cor 11:26
    68%

    26I have been constantly on the move: in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own people, in dangers from Gentiles; in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, and in dangers among false believers.

  • Luke 22:65
    68%

    65And they said many other insulting things to him.

  • Acts 26:17
    68%

    17I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them,

  • John 16:2
    68%

    2They will ban you from the synagogue. But the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.

  • Luke 21:12
    68%

    12But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors on account of my name.