Acts 9:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

And immediately he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.

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  • Ps 2:7 : 7 I will declare the decree: the LORD has said to me, 'You are my Son; this day I have begotten you.'
  • Ps 2:12 : 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
  • Matt 4:3 : 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If you are the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
  • Matt 26:63-66 : 63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said to him, I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God. 64 Jesus said to him, You have said it: nevertheless I say to you, Hereafter shall you see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. 65 Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, He has spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now you have heard his blasphemy. 66 What do you think? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
  • Matt 27:43 : 43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
  • Matt 27:54 : 54 Now when the centurion, and those who were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
  • John 1:49 : 49 Nathanael answered and said to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.
  • John 19:7 : 7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
  • John 20:28 : 28 And Thomas answered and said to him, My Lord and my God!
  • John 20:31 : 31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.
  • Acts 8:36 : 36 Now as they went down the road, they came to some water. And the eunuch said, See, here is water. What prevents me from being baptized?
  • Acts 9:22 : 22 But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who dwelt in Damascus, proving that this is the Messiah.
  • Acts 9:27-28 : 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. 28 And he was with them, moving about freely in Jerusalem,
  • Acts 13:5 : 5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they also had John as their helper.
  • Acts 13:14 : 14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
  • Rom 1:4 : 4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead;
  • Gal 1:23-24 : 23 But they were only hearing, 'He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith he once tried to destroy.' 24 And they glorified God because of me.
  • Gal 2:20 : 20 I have been crucified with Christ; nevertheless, I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
  • 1 John 4:14-15 : 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God.
  • Rev 2:18 : 18 And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire and his feet like fine brass;

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  • Acts 9:21-22
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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?

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

  • Acts 9:26-28
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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.

    28 And he was with them, moving about freely in Jerusalem,

  • Acts 9:15-19
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    15 But the Lord said to him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

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

    17 And Ananias went his way and entered the house; and laying his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

    18 And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he received his sight at once, and he arose and was baptized.

    19 And when he had received food, he was strengthened. Then Saul spent some days with the disciples in Damascus.

  • Gal 1:16
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    16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,

  • Acts 9:1-6
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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.

    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.

  • Acts 9:11-12
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    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.

  • Acts 22:6-8
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    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.

  • Acts 13:9
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    9 Then Saul, who also is called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, set his eyes on him,

  • Acts 26:15
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    15 And I said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom you persecute.

  • Gal 1:22-24
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    22 And I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea which are in Christ.

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

    24 And they glorified God because of me.

  • Acts 17:3
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    3 Opening and explaining that Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is Christ.

  • Acts 18:4-5
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    4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

    5 And when Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

  • Acts 10:36-38
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    36 The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)

    37 That word, I say, you know, which was published throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism that John preached;

    38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all who were oppressed by the devil; for God was with him.

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

  • Gal 1:13
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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.

  • Luke 9:20
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    20 He said to them, But who do you say that I am? Peter answered, The Christ of God.

  • Acts 26:12-13
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    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.

  • Acts 18:28
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    28 for he vigorously refuted the Jews in public, showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.

  • John 10:36
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    36 Do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, You blaspheme, because I said, I am the Son of God?

  • Luke 4:44
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    44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.

  • Rom 1:4
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    4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead;

  • Acts 9:8
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    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.

  • Acts 22:13
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    13 Came to me, and stood, and said to me, Brother Saul, receive your sight. And at that very moment, I looked up at him.

  • Acts 19:8
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    8 And he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, disputing and persuading concerning the kingdom of God.

  • Acts 21:19
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    19 And when he had greeted them, he declared in detail what things God had done among the Gentiles by his ministry.

  • Acts 26:20
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    20 But showed first to those of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works fitting for repentance.

  • Acts 22:10
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    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.

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

  • Luke 22:70
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    70 Then they all said, Are you then the Son of God? And he said to them, You say that I am.