Acts 26:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 Although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
  • Acts 22:8 : 8 And I answered, Who are you, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.
  • Acts 24:5 : 5 For we have found this man to be a pestilent fellow, and a creator of discord among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
  • Rom 10:2 : 2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
  • Gal 1:13-14 : 13 For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it. 14 And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
  • Phil 3:6 : 6 Regarding zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness in the law, blameless.
  • John 15:21 : 21 But all these things they will do to you for my name's sake, because they do not know Him who sent me.
  • John 16:2-3 : 2 They will put you out of the synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. 3 And they will do these things to you because they have not known the Father, nor me.
  • Acts 3:6 : 6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but what I have, I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.
  • Acts 9:16 : 16 For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake.
  • Acts 21:13 : 13 Then Paul answered, What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

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  • Acts 26:10-15
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    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.

  • Acts 22:19-20
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    19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.

    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.

  • Gal 1:13-14
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    13 For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it.

    14 And I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my own nation, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

  • Acts 22:3-11
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    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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    21 But all who heard him were amazed, and said, Isn't this he who destroyed those who called on this name in Jerusalem, and has come here for that purpose, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?

  • Acts 9:13-14
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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:

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

  • Acts 26:4-5
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    4 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the beginning among my own nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know;

    5 Who knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

  • Acts 26:21
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    21 For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and attempted to kill me.

  • Acts 24:14
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    14 But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things written in the law and in the prophets:

  • Acts 9:1-2
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    1 And Saul, still breathing out threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

    2 And requested letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

  • Phil 3:6
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    6 Regarding zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness in the law, blameless.

  • 1 Tim 1:13
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    13 Although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

  • Gal 1:23
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    23 But they were only hearing, 'He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith he once tried to destroy.'

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

  • Acts 9:23
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    23 And after many days were completed, the Jews conspired to kill him:

  • Acts 28:19
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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.

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    15 about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for a judgment against him.

  • Acts 9:16
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    16 For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake.

  • Acts 26:8
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    8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?

  • Acts 9:4-6
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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?

    5 And he said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting: it is hard for you to kick against the goads.

    6 And trembling and astonished, he said, Lord, what do you want me to do? And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told you what you must do.

  • Acts 24:20
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    20 Or else let those who are here say, if they found any wrongdoing in me, while I stood before the council,

  • Acts 23:29
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    29 I found him to be accused over questions about their law, but had nothing charged against him deserving death or imprisonment.

  • Acts 25:20
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    20 And because I was uncertain of how to investigate such matters, I asked him if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there be judged concerning these matters.

  • Acts 26:2
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    2 I consider myself fortunate, King Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before you concerning all the things of which I am accused by the Jews:

  • Acts 9:26-27
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    26 And when Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and did not believe that he was a disciple.

    27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.

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    18 When the accusers stood up, they brought no charge against him of such things as I supposed:

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    8 While he answered for himself, I have not offended against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar.

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    19 Whereupon, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision:

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    10 Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you very well know.