Acts 22:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And I persecuted this way vnto the death, byndyng & delyueryng into prison both men and women,

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  • Acts 22:19-20 : 19 And I sayde: Lord, they knowe that I prisoned and beat in euery synagogue them that beleued on thee. 20 And when the blood of thy wytnesse Steuen was shedde, I also stoode by, and consented vnto his death, and kept the rayment of them that slue hym.
  • Acts 26:9-9 : 9 I also veryly thought in my selfe that I ought to do many contrary thynges, cleane agaynst the name of Iesus of Nazareth: 10 Which thyng I also dyd in Hierusalem. And many of the Saintes dyd I shut vp in pryson, hauyng receaued aucthoritie of the hye priestes: And when they were put to death, I gaue the sentence. 11 And I punished them oft in euery synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme: and was yet more mad vpon them, and persecuted them, euen vnto straunge cities.
  • Acts 8:1-4 : 1 And Saul consented vnto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against ye Churche which was at Hierusalem, and they were all scattered abrode thorowout the regions of Iurie, and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 And deuout men were carefull together touchyng Steuen, and made great lamentation ouer hym. 3 As for Saul, he made hauocke of the Churche, and entred into euery house, & drewe out both men and women, and put them into pryson. 4 Therfore, they that were scattered abrode, went euery where preachyng the worde of God.
  • Acts 9:1-2 : 1 And Saul yet breathyng out threatnings and slaughter agaynst the disciples of ye Lord, went vnto ye hie priest, 2 And desired of him letters to carrye to Damascus, to the synagogues: that yf he founde any of this waye, whether they were men or women, he myght bryng them bounde vnto Hierusalem.
  • Acts 9:13-14 : 13 Then Ananias aunswered: Lorde, I haue heard by many, of this man, how much euyll he hath done to thy saintes, at Hierusalem. 14 And here he hath aucthoritie of ye hye priestes, to bynde all yt call on thy name.
  • Acts 9:21 : 21 But all that hearde hym, were amased, and sayde: Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Hierusalem, and came hyther for that intent, that he myght bryng the bounde vnto the hye priestes?
  • Acts 16:17 : 17 The same folowed Paul and vs, and cryed, saying: These men are the seruauntes of the most hye God, which shewe vnto vs the way of saluation.
  • Acts 18:26 : 26 And the same began to speake boldly in the synagogue. Whom when Aquila and Priscilla had hearde, they toke him vnto them, and expounded vnto him the way of God more perfectly.
  • Acts 19:9 : 9 But when diuers waxed harde hearted, and beleued not, but spake euyll of the way
  • Acts 19:23 : 23 And the same time there arose no litle a do about that way.
  • 1 Cor 15:9 : 9 For I am the least of the Apostles, which am not worthy to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Churche of God.
  • Phil 3:6 : 6 Concernyng feruentnesse, persecutyng the Churche: touchyng ye righteousnesse which is in ye lawe, I was blamelesse.
  • 1 Tim 1:13-15 : 13 Beyng a blasphemer, and a persecuter, and an oppressour: But yet I obtayned mercie, because I dyd it ignorauntly in vnbeliefe. 14 Neuerthelesse, the grace of our Lorde was exceedyng aboundaunt, with faith and loue, which is in Christe Iesus. 15 This is a faythfull saying, and by all meanes worthy to be receaued, that Christe Iesus came into the worlde to saue synners, of whom I am chiefe.
  • Acts 24:14 : 14 But this I confesse vnto thee, that after the way which they call heresie, so worship I the God of my fathers, beleuyng all thynges which are written in the lawe and the prophetes,
  • Acts 7:58 : 58 And cast hym out of the citie, and stoned him. And ye witnesses layde downe their clothes at a young mans feete, whose name was Saul.

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  • Acts 22:5-11
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    5As also the chiefe priest doth beare me witnesse, and all the estate of the elders: of whom also I receaued letters vnto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bryng them whiche were there, bounde vnto Hierusalem for to be punisshed.

    6And it came to passe, that as I made my iourney, & was come nye vnto Damascus, about noone, sodeinly there shone from heauen a great light rounde about me.

    7And I fell vnto the earth, and hearde a voyce saying vnto me: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me:

    8And I aunswered: Who art thou Lorde? And he sayde vnto me: I am Iesus of Nazareth whom thou persecutest.

    9And they that were with me, sawe veryly a lyght, and were afrayde: but they hearde not the voyce of hym that spake with me.

    10And I saide: What shall I do Lord? And the Lorde sayde vnto me: Aryse, and go into Damascus, & there it shalbe tolde thee of all thynges whiche are appoynted for thee to do.

    11And when I sawe nothyng for the bryghtnesse of the lyght, I was ledde by the hande of the that were with me, and came into Damascus.

  • Acts 26:9-15
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    9I also veryly thought in my selfe that I ought to do many contrary thynges, cleane agaynst the name of Iesus of Nazareth:

    10Which thyng I also dyd in Hierusalem. And many of the Saintes dyd I shut vp in pryson, hauyng receaued aucthoritie of the hye priestes: And when they were put to death, I gaue the sentence.

    11And I punished them oft in euery synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme: and was yet more mad vpon them, and persecuted them, euen vnto straunge cities.

    12About which thynges, as I went to Damascus, with auctoritie and commission of the hye priestes:

    13Euen at mydday, O kyng, I sawe in the way, a lyght from heauen, aboue the bryghtnesse of the Sunne, shyne rounde about me and them which iourneyed with me.

    14And when we were all fallen to the earth, I hearde a voyce speakyng vnto me, and saying in the Hebrewe tongue: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is harde for thee to kicke agaynste the prickes.

    15And I sayde: Who art thou Lorde? And he sayde: I am Iesus whom thou persecutest.

  • Acts 9:1-5
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    1And Saul yet breathyng out threatnings and slaughter agaynst the disciples of ye Lord, went vnto ye hie priest,

    2And desired of him letters to carrye to Damascus, to the synagogues: that yf he founde any of this waye, whether they were men or women, he myght bryng them bounde vnto Hierusalem.

    3And when he iourneyed, it came to passe, that as he was come nye to Damascus, sodenly there shyned rounde about hym a lyght from heauen:

    4And he fell to the earth, and hearde a voyce saying to him: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

    5And he sayde: Who art thou Lorde? And the Lorde said: I am Iesus who thou persecutest, It is harde for thee to kicke agaynst the prickes.

  • Acts 22:19-22
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    19And I sayde: Lord, they knowe that I prisoned and beat in euery synagogue them that beleued on thee.

    20And when the blood of thy wytnesse Steuen was shedde, I also stoode by, and consented vnto his death, and kept the rayment of them that slue hym.

    21And he sayde vnto me: depart, for I wyll sende thee farre hence vnto the gentiles.

    22And they gaue him audience vnto this worde, and then lift vp their voyces and sayde: away with suche a felowe from the earth, for it is no reason yt he shoulde lyue.

  • Acts 22:3
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    3I am verily a man which am a Iewe, borne in Tarsus in Cilicia, and yet brought vp in this citie at ye feete of Gamaliel, and infourmed accordyng to the perfect maner of the lawe of ye fathers, and was zelous towarde God, as ye all are this same day.

  • Gal 1:13-14
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    13For ye haue hearde of my conuersation in tyme past in the Iewes religion, howe that beyonde measure I persecuted the Churche of God, & spoyled it:

    14And profited in the Iewes religion, aboue many of my companions in mine owne nation, beyng a very feruent maynteyner of the traditions of my fathers.

  • Acts 26:21-22
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    21For this cause the Iewes caught me in the temple, & went about to kyll me.

    22Seyng therefore, that I haue obtayned helpe of God, I continue vnto this day, witnessyng both to small and to great, saying none other thynges, then those which the prophetes and Moyses dyd say shoulde come:

  • Acts 8:3
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    3As for Saul, he made hauocke of the Churche, and entred into euery house, & drewe out both men and women, and put them into pryson.

  • Acts 24:14
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    14But this I confesse vnto thee, that after the way which they call heresie, so worship I the God of my fathers, beleuyng all thynges which are written in the lawe and the prophetes,

  • Acts 9:21
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    21But all that hearde hym, were amased, and sayde: Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Hierusalem, and came hyther for that intent, that he myght bryng the bounde vnto the hye priestes?

  • Phil 3:6
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    6Concernyng feruentnesse, persecutyng the Churche: touchyng ye righteousnesse which is in ye lawe, I was blamelesse.

  • Gal 1:22-23
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    22and was vnknowen in face vnto the Churches of Iurie, which were in Christe.

    23But they had hearde only, that he which persecuted vs in tyme past, nowe preacheth the fayth, which before he destroyed.

  • Acts 26:4-5
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    4My lyfe, that I haue led of a chylde, which was at the first among myne owne nation at Hierusalem, knowe all the Iewes,

    5Which knewe me from the beginning, (yf they woulde testifie) that after the most straytest sect of our religion, I lyued a pharisee.

  • 2 Cor 11:32
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    32In the citie of Damascus, Aretas the kynges gouernour of the people, layde watche in the citie of the Damascens, and woulde haue caught me:

  • Acts 8:1
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    1And Saul consented vnto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against ye Churche which was at Hierusalem, and they were all scattered abrode thorowout the regions of Iurie, and Samaria, except the apostles.

  • 1 Cor 15:9
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    9For I am the least of the Apostles, which am not worthy to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Churche of God.

  • Acts 26:17
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    17Delyueryng thee from the people, and from the gentiles, vnto whom nowe I sende thee,

  • Acts 23:29-30
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    29Whom I perceaued to be accused of questions of their lawe, but was not gyltie of any thyng worthy of death, or of bondes.

    30And when it was shewed me howe that the Iewes layde wayte for the man, I sent hym strayghtway to thee, and gaue commaundement to his accusers, that the thynges which they haue agaynst hym, they shoulde tell before thee. Fare well.

  • Acts 20:22
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    22And nowe beholde I go bounde in the spirite vnto Hierusale, not knowyng the thynges that shall come vnto me:

  • Acts 20:19
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    19Seruyng the Lorde with all humblenesse of mynde, and with many teares, and temptations whiche came vnto me by the layinges awayte of the Iewes:

  • 2 Tim 3:11
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    11Persecutions, afflictions, which came vnto me at Antioche, at Iconium, at Lystra, which persecutions I suffred patiently: And from them all, the Lord deliuered me.

  • Acts 22:17
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    17And it came to passe, that whe I was come agayne to Hierusalem, and prayed in the temple, I was in a traunce,

  • Acts 9:23
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    23And after that many dayes were fulfilled, the Iewes toke counsell together to kyll hym.

  • 1 Tim 1:13
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    13Beyng a blasphemer, and a persecuter, and an oppressour: But yet I obtayned mercie, because I dyd it ignorauntly in vnbeliefe.

  • Acts 28:17
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    17And it came to passe, that after three dayes Paul called ye chiefe of the Iewes together. And whe they were come, he sayde vnto them: Men and brethren, though I haue committed nothyng agaynst the people, or lawes of the fathers, yet was I delyuered prysoner from Hierusalem, into the handes of the Romanes.

  • Acts 9:14
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    14And here he hath aucthoritie of ye hye priestes, to bynde all yt call on thy name.