Acts 26:12

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

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  • 1 Kgs 21:8-9 : 8 So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city. 9 In those letters she wrote, 'Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth in a prominent place among the people.' 10 Then seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them accuse him, saying, 'You have cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and stone him to death.
  • Ps 94:20-21 : 20 Can a corrupt throne be allied with you—one that brings about trouble under the guise of law? 21 They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn innocent blood.
  • Isa 10:1 : 1 Woe to those who enact unjust decrees and to those who write oppressive laws.
  • Jer 26:8 : 8 And when Jeremiah finished speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests, the prophets, and all the people seized him, saying, 'You shall surely die!'
  • Jer 29:26-27 : 26 The LORD has appointed you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, to be in charge of the house of the LORD for every madman who acts as a prophet, and you should put such a person in the stocks and neck-irons. 27 Now why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who has been prophesying to you?
  • John 7:45-48 : 45 Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, 'Why didn’t you bring Him?' 46 The officers answered, 'Never has anyone spoken like this man!' 47 The Pharisees replied to them, 'Have you also been deceived?' 48 Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
  • John 11:57 : 57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, they should report it so that they could arrest him.
  • Acts 9:1-8 : 1 But Saul, still breathing out threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, approached the high priest. 2 He 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. 3 As he was traveling and nearing Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?" 5 He said, "Who are You, Lord?" The Lord replied, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads." 6 Trembling and astonished, he said, "Lord, what do You want me to do?" The Lord said to him, "Get up and go into the city, and it will be told to you what you must do." 7 The men traveling with him stood speechless; they heard the sound but saw no one. 8 Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes, he could see nothing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.
  • Acts 22:5-9 : 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. 6 But as I was traveling and approaching Damascus, about noon, a bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me. 7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’ 8 I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, the one you are persecuting.’ 9 Now those who were with me saw the light, but they did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me. 10 I 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.’ 11 Since 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 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.

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  • Acts 26:9-11
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    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.

  • Acts 22:3-11
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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.’

    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 26:13-17
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    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.

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

  • 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 9:1-4
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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.

    3As he was traveling and nearing Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

    4He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"

  • Acts 22:17-21
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    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.

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

  • Acts 9:13-15
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    13Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.

    14And here he has authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.

    15But the Lord said to him, "Go, for this man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before Gentiles, kings, and the sons of Israel.

  • Acts 9:21
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    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 Cor 11:32
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    32In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded to arrest me,

  • Acts 25:15
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    15When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him, requesting a judgment against him.

  • Acts 26:4-5
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    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 26:19
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    19So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.

  • Gal 1:17
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    17nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away to Arabia, and then returned to Damascus.

  • Gal 1:23
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    23They only heard the report: 'The one who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.'

  • Acts 9:27
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    27But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He explained to them how Saul had seen the Lord on the road, that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.

  • Acts 9:11
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    11The Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas, look for a man of Tarsus named Saul. For he is praying.

  • Phil 3:6
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    6as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.

  • 1 Tim 1:13
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    13Even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.

  • Acts 22:13
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    13He came to me, stood by, and said, 'Brother Saul, regain your sight!' At that moment, I looked up and could see him.

  • Gal 1:21
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    21Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

  • Acts 9:6
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    6Trembling and astonished, he said, "Lord, what do You want me to do?" The Lord said to him, "Get up and go into the city, and it will be told to you what you must do."

  • Acts 24:14
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    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 28:17
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    17After three days, Paul called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, 'Brothers, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I was handed over as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.'

  • 1 Cor 15:9
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    9For I am the least of the apostles, not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.