Acts 26:11

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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.

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  • Matt 10:17 : 17 But beware of men. For they shall delyuer you vp to the councels, and shal scourge you in their synagogues.
  • Acts 22:19 : 19 And I sayde: Lord, they knowe that I prisoned and beat in euery synagogue them that beleued on thee.
  • Acts 13:45 : 45 But when the Iewes sawe the people, they were full of indignation, and spake agaynst those thynges which were spoken of Paul, speakyng against, and raylyng.
  • Acts 18:6 : 6 And when they sayde contrary, and blasphemed, he shoke his rayment, & said vnto them: Your blood be vpon your owne heades. From hencefoorth wyll I go blamelesse vnto the gentiles.
  • Acts 22:5 : 5 As 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.
  • Eccl 9:3 : 3 Among all thinges that come to passe vnder the sunne, this is a miserie, that it happeneth vnto all alike: This is the cause also that the heartes of men are full of wickednesse, and madde foolishnesse is in their heartes as long as they liue, vntyll they dye.
  • Acts 26:24-25 : 24 And as he thus spake for hym selfe, Festus sayde with a loude voyce: Paul, thou art besyde thy selfe, much learnyng doth make thee mad. 25 But he sayde: I am not mad, most noble Festus, but speake foorth the wordes of trueth and sobernesse.
  • Heb 10:28-29 : 28 He that despiseth Moyses lawe, dyeth without mercie vnder two or thre witnesses: 29 Of howe muche sorer punyshement (suppose ye) shall he be worthy, whiche treadeth vnder foote the sonne of God? and counteth the blood of the couenaut wherein he was sanctified, an vnholye thyng, and doth despite to the spirite of grace?
  • Jas 2:7 : 7 Do not they blaspheme that good name by the which you are named?
  • 2 Pet 2:16 : 16 But was rebuked of his iniquitie. The dumbe beast, and vsed to the yoke, speaking with mans voyce, forbad the madnesse of the prophete.
  • Mark 3:28 : 28 Ueryly I say vnto you, al sinnes shalbe forgeuen vnto the chyldren of men, & blasphemies wherewith so euer they haue blasphemed:
  • Mark 13:9 : 9 But take ye heede to your selues: For they shall deliuer you vp to councels, and to synagogues, and ye shalbe beaten, yea, and shalbe brought before rulers & kynges for my sake, for a testimoniall vnto them.
  • Luke 6:11 : 11 And they were fylled with madnesse, and communed together among them selues, what they myght do to Iesus.
  • Luke 15:17 : 17 Then he came to hym selfe, and sayde: Howe many hyred seruauntes at my fathers house haue bread inough, and I perishe with hunger?
  • Luke 21:12 : 12 But before all these, they shall laye their handes on you, and persecute you, deliueryng you vp to the synagogues, & into prisons, and shall bryng you vnto kynges and rulers for my names sake.
  • Acts 9:1 : 1 And Saul yet breathyng out threatnings and slaughter agaynst the disciples of ye Lord, went vnto ye hie priest,

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  • Acts 26:9-10
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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.

  • Acts 26:12-15
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    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 22:18-21
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    18And sawe him, saying vnto me: Make haste and get thee quickly out of Hierusalem: for they wyl not receaue thy witnesse concernyng me.

    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.

  • Acts 22:3-8
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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.

    4And I persecuted this way vnto the death, byndyng & delyueryng into prison both men and women,

    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.

  • 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
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    21For this cause the Iewes caught me in the temple, & went about to kyll me.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 9:1-2
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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.

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

  • 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?

  • 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 14:5-6
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    5And when there was an assault made both of the gentiles, and also of the Iewes, with their rulers, to do them violence, and to stone them,

    6They were ware of it, and fled vnto Lystra & Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and vnto the regio that lieth rounde about:

  • 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.

  • Acts 22:11
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    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 16:22-23
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    22And the people ran agaynst them, and the officers rent their clothes, and commaunded them to be beaten with roddes.

    23And when they had beaten them sore, they cast them into pryson, commaundyng the iayler of the pryson to kepe them diligently.

  • 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.

  • 2 Cor 11:23-24
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    23They are the ministers of Christe, (I speake as a foole) I am more: in labours more aboundant, in stripes aboue measure, in pryson more plenteouslie, in death oft.

    24Of the Iewes fyue tymes receaued I fourtie stripes saue one.

  • 1 Thess 2:15-16
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    15Who both kylled the Lorde Iesus, and their owne prophetes, & haue persecuted vs: and God they please not, and are contrarie to all men:

    16And hynder vs to speake to the gentiles that they myght be saued, to fulfyll their sinnes alway. For the wrath of God is come on them to the vtmost.

  • Acts 9:13
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    13Then Ananias aunswered: Lorde, I haue heard by many, of this man, how much euyll he hath done to thy saintes, at Hierusalem.

  • 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.

  • 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:

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    36And others were tryed with mockynges, and scourgynges: Yea, moreouer with bondes and prisonment:

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    50But the Iewes moued the deuout and honest women, and the chiefe men of the citie, and raysed persecution agaynst Paule and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coastes:

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    26In iourneying often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of myne owne nation, in perils among the heathen, in perils in the citie, in perils in the wildernesse, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren,

  • Luke 22:65
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    65And many other things blasphemouslye spake they against hym.

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

  • John 16:2
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    2They shall excomunitate you: yea the time shall come, that who so euer kylleth you, wyll thynke that he doth God seruice.

  • Luke 21:12
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    12But before all these, they shall laye their handes on you, and persecute you, deliueryng you vp to the synagogues, & into prisons, and shall bryng you vnto kynges and rulers for my names sake.