Acts 22:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.

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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 to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
  • Acts 8:3 : 3 As for Saul, he ravaged the church, entering every house and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison.
  • Acts 9:1 : 1 And Saul, still breathing out threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
  • Acts 26:9-9 : 9 I truly 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 I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them. 11 And I punished them often in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities. 12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

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    20 And when the blood of your martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, consenting to his death, and kept the clothes of those who killed him.

    21 And he said to me, Depart, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.

    22 And they listened to him until this word, and then lifted up their voices and said, Away with such a person from the earth, for it is not fit for him to live.

  • Acts 26:9-15
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    9 I truly 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 I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.

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

    12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

    13 At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me.

    14 And when we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? it is hard for you to kick against the pricks.

    15 And I said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom you persecute.

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    2 And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they became even more silent. And he said,

    3 I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of our fathers, and was zealous toward God, as you all are today.

    4 And I persecuted this way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

    5 As also the high priest bears me witness, and all the council of the elders, from whom I also received letters to the brothers, and went to Damascus to bring those who were there bound to Jerusalem, to be punished.

    6 And it happened, that as I made my journey and was near Damascus around noon, suddenly a great light from heaven shone around me.

    7 And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?

    8 And I answered, Who are you, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.

    9 And those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they did not hear the voice of him who spoke to me.

    10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Arise, and go into Damascus, and there it shall be told to you everything that is appointed for you to do.

    11 And since I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.

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    17 And it happened, when I returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance,

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    13 Nor can they prove the things of which they now accuse me.

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    13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints in Jerusalem:

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    1 And Saul, still breathing out threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

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    22 Then the multitude rose up together against them; and the magistrates tore off their clothes and commanded them to be beaten with rods.

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    4 And he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?

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    22 And see, now I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me there,

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    19 But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, not that I had anything to accuse my nation of.