Acts 22:19

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:

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  • Matt 10:17 : 17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
  • Acts 22:4 : 4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
  • Acts 8:3 : 3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
  • Acts 9:1 : 1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
  • Acts 26:9-9 : 9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them. 11 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities. 12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

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    9I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

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    11And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.

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    2(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)

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