Acts 8:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

As for Saul, he ravaged the church, entering every house and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison.

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  • 1 Cor 15:9 : 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.
  • Gal 1:13 : 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.
  • Phil 3:6 : 6 Regarding zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness in the law, blameless.
  • 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 7:58 : 58 And cast him out of the city and stoned him, and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
  • Acts 9:21 : 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 22:19 : 19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.
  • 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.
  • Acts 22:3-4 : 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.
  • Acts 9:1-9 : 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. 3 And as he traveled, he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven shone around him: 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. 7 And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice but seeing no one. 8 And Saul arose from the ground; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one: but they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. 9 And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank. 10 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and to him the Lord said in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. 11 And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he is praying, 12 And has seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in and laying his hand on him, so that he might receive his sight. 13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints in Jerusalem:
  • Jas 2:6 : 6 But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and haul you into the courts?

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    1And Saul approved of his death. And at that time a great persecution arose against the church in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

    2And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

  • Acts 8:4
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    4Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word.

  • Acts 9:1-4
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    1And Saul, still breathing out threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

    2And 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.

    3And as he traveled, he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven shone around him:

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

  • Acts 22:4-7
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    4And I persecuted this way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

    5As 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.

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

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

  • Acts 9:21-24
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    21But 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?

    22But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who dwelt in Damascus, proving that this is the Messiah.

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

    24But their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.

  • Acts 26:10-12
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    10Which 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.

    11And 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.

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

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

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

    20And 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.

  • Acts 7:57-58
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    57Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord,

    58And cast him out of the city and stoned him, and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.

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

  • Acts 9:11
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    11And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he is praying,

  • Acts 9:8
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    8And Saul arose from the ground; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one: but they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.

  • 1 Sam 15:8
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    8And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

  • Acts 13:50
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    50But the Jews stirred up the devout and honorable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their district.

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

  • Acts 16:23
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    23When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely.

  • Acts 26:14
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    14And 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.

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    1At that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to persecute certain members of the church.

  • Luke 9:6
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    6And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.

  • Acts 9:13-14
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    13Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints in Jerusalem:

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

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    11And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.

  • Acts 5:18
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    18And laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.

  • Acts 21:30
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    30And all the city was disturbed, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and dragged him out of the temple: and immediately the doors were shut.

  • 1 Sam 23:8
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    8And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

  • Acts 9:26-27
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    26And 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.

    27But 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.

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

  • Acts 5:21
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    21And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning and taught. But the high priest came, and those with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

  • Acts 6:12
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    12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and they came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council.

  • Acts 9:30-31
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    30And when the brothers found out, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him out to Tarsus.

    31Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.

  • 1 Sam 14:48
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    48He gathered an army, struck the Amalekites, and delivered Israel from those who plundered them.

  • Acts 14:5-6
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    5And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers to mistreat and stone them,

    6They became aware of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding region,

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    25Then Barnabas departed to Tarsus to seek Saul: