Acts 22:19

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I replied,‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues who believed in you.

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  • Matt 10:17 : 17 Beware of people, because they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues.
  • Acts 22:4 : 4 I persecuted this Way even to the point of death, tying up both men and women and putting them in prison,
  • Acts 8:3 : 3 But Saul was trying to destroy the church; entering one house after another, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.
  • Acts 9:1 : 1 The Conversion of Saul Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats to murder the Lord’s disciples, went to the high priest
  • Acts 26:9-9 : 9 Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene. 10 And that is what I did in Jerusalem: Not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons by the authority I received from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote against them when they were sentenced to death. 11 I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to force them to blaspheme. Because I was so furiously enraged at them, I went to persecute them even in foreign cities. 12 “While doing this very thing, as I was going to Damascus with authority and complete power from the chief priests,

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    20And when the blood of your witness Stephen was shed, I myself was standing nearby, approving, and guarding the cloaks of those who were killing him.’

    21Then he said to me,‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

    22The Roman Commander Questions Paul The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted,“Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!”

  • Acts 26:9-15
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    9Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

    10And that is what I did in Jerusalem: Not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons by the authority I received from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote against them when they were sentenced to death.

    11I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to force them to blaspheme. Because I was so furiously enraged at them, I went to persecute them even in foreign cities.

    12“While doing this very thing, as I was going to Damascus with authority and complete power from the chief priests,

    13about noon along the road, Your Majesty, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining everywhere around me and those traveling with me.

    14When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic,‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are hurting yourself by kicking against the goads.’

    15So I said,‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord replied,‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.

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    2(When they heard that he was addressing them in Aramaic, they became even quieter.) Then Paul said,

    3“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated with strictness under Gamaliel according to the law of our ancestors, and was zealous for God just as all of you are today.

    4I persecuted this Way even to the point of death, tying up both men and women and putting them in prison,

    5as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. From them I also received letters to the brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to make arrests there and bring the prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.

    6As I was en route and near Damascus, about noon a very bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.

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    8I answered,‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me,‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’

    9Those who were with me saw the light, but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.

    10So I asked,‘What should I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me,‘Get up and go to Damascus; there you will be told about everything that you have been designated to do.’

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    4He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him,“Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”

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    22And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem without knowing what will happen to me there,

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    19But when the Jews objected, I was forced to appeal to Caesar– not that I had some charge to bring against my own people.