Acts 22:20
And 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.’
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- Acts 7:58 : 58 When they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.
- Acts 8:1 : 1 And Saul agreed completely with killing him. Saul Begins to Persecute the ChurchNow on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.
- Rom 1:32 : 32 Although they fully know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.
- Rev 2:13 : 13 ‘I know where you live– where Satan’s throne is. Yet you continue to cling to my name and you have not denied your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was killed in your city where Satan lives.
- Rev 17:6 : 6 I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of those who testified to Jesus. I was greatly astounded when I saw her.
- Acts 26:10 : 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.
- Luke 11:48 : 48 So you testify that you approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed the prophets and you build their tombs!
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- Acts 22:17-193 verses82%
17 When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance
18 and saw the Lord saying to me,‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’
19 I replied,‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues who believed in you.
- Acts 26:9-168 verses81%
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,
13 about 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.
14 When 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.’
15 So I said,‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord replied,‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.
16 But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this reason, to designate you in advance as a servant and witness to the things you have seen and to the things in which I will appear to you.
- Acts 22:2-1110 verses77%
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.
4 I persecuted this Way even to the point of death, tying up both men and women and putting them in prison,
5 as 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.
6 As I was en route and near Damascus, about noon a very bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.
7 Then I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me,‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
8 I answered,‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me,‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’
9 Those who were with me saw the light, but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.
10 So 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.’
11 Since I could not see because of the brilliance of that light, I came to Damascus led by the hand of those who were with me.
- Acts 22:21-233 verses76%
21 Then he said to me,‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
22 The 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!”
23 While they were screaming and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust in the air,
- Acts 7:57-604 verses75%
57 But they covered their ears, shouting out with a loud voice, and rushed at him with one intent.
58 When they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.
59 They continued to stone Stephen while he prayed,“Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
60 Then he fell to his knees and cried out with a loud voice,“Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he died.
- Acts 26:21-222 verses74%
21 For this reason the Jews, after they seized me while I was in the temple courts, were trying to kill me.
22 I have experienced help from God to this day, and so I stand testifying to both small and great, saying nothing except what the prophets and Moses said was going to happen:
- Acts 8:1-22 verses74%
1 And Saul agreed completely with killing him. Saul Begins to Persecute the ChurchNow on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.
2 Some devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him.
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13 For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it.
- Acts 24:20-212 verses72%
20 Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,
21 other than this one thing I shouted out while I stood before them:‘I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.’”
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1 The Conversion of Saul Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats to murder the Lord’s disciples, went to the high priest
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14 But I confess this to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way(which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law and that is written in the prophets.
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6 When they opposed him and reviled him, he protested by shaking out his clothes and said to them,“Your blood be on your own heads! I am guiltless! From now on I will go to the Gentiles!”
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5 When both the Gentiles and the Jews(together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,
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13 came to me and stood beside me and said to me,‘Brother Saul, regain your sight!’ And at that very moment I looked up and saw him.
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23 Saul’s Escape from Damascus Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him,
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26 Therefore I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of you all.
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4 Now all the Jews know the way I lived from my youth, spending my life from the beginning among my own people and in Jerusalem.
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21 All who heard him were amazed and were saying,“Is this not the man who in Jerusalem was ravaging those who call on this name, and who had come here to bring them as prisoners to the chief priests?”
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19 serving the Lord with all humility and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots of the Jews.
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6 In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.
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15 because you will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.
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32 In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus in order to arrest me,
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13 But Ananias replied,“Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem,
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23 They were only hearing,“The one who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news of the faith he once tried to destroy.”