Acts 22:4

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

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  • Acts 22:19-20 : 19 I replied,‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues who believed in you. 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.’
  • 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.
  • Acts 8:1-4 : 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. 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. 4 Philip Preaches in Samaria Now those who had been forced to scatter went around proclaiming the good news of the word.
  • Acts 9:1-2 : 1 The Conversion of Saul Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats to murder the Lord’s disciples, went to the high priest 2 and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, either men or women, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
  • Acts 9:13-14 : 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, 14 and here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison all who call on your name!”
  • Acts 9:21 : 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?”
  • Acts 16:17 : 17 She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out,“These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.”
  • Acts 18:26 : 26 He began to speak out fearlessly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained the way of God to him more accurately.
  • Acts 19:9 : 9 But when some were stubborn and refused to believe, reviling the Way before the congregation, he left them and took the disciples with him, addressing them every day in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
  • Acts 19:23 : 23 At that time a great disturbance took place concerning the Way.
  • 1 Cor 15:9 : 9 For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
  • Phil 3:6 : 6 In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.
  • 1 Tim 1:13-15 : 13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief, 14 and our Lord’s grace was abundant, bringing faith and love in Christ Jesus. 15 This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance:“Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”– and I am the worst of them!
  • Acts 24:14 : 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.
  • 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.

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  • Acts 22:5-11
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    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.

    7Then I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me,‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

    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.’

    11Since 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 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.

  • Acts 9:1-5
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    1The Conversion of Saul Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats to murder the Lord’s disciples, went to the high priest

    2and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, either men or women, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

    3As he was going along, approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

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

    5So he said,“Who are you, Lord?” He replied,“I am Jesus whom you are persecuting!

  • Acts 22:19-22
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    19I replied,‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues who believed in you.

    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 22:3
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    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.

  • Gal 1:13-14
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    13For 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.

    14I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation, and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.

  • Acts 26:21-22
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    21For this reason the Jews, after they seized me while I was in the temple courts, were trying to kill me.

    22I 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 8:3
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    3But 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 24:14
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    14But 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.

  • Acts 9:21
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    21All 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?”

  • Phil 3:6
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    6In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.

  • Gal 1:22-23
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    22But I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.

    23They were only hearing,“The one who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news of the faith he once tried to destroy.”

  • Acts 26:4-5
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    4Now all the Jews know the way I lived from my youth, spending my life from the beginning among my own people and in Jerusalem.

    5They know, because they have known me from time past, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee.

  • 2 Cor 11:32
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    32In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus in order to arrest me,

  • Acts 8:1
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    1And 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.

  • 1 Cor 15:9
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    9For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

  • Acts 26:17
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    17I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you

  • Acts 23:29-30
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    29I found he was accused with reference to controversial questions about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment.

    30When I was informed there would be a plot against this man, I sent him to you at once, also ordering his accusers to state their charges against him before you.

  • Acts 20:22
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    22And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem without knowing what will happen to me there,

  • Acts 20:19
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    19serving the Lord with all humility and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots of the Jews.

  • 2 Tim 3:11
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    11as well as the persecutions and sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all.

  • Acts 22:17
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    17When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance

  • Acts 9:23
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    23Saul’s Escape from Damascus Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him,

  • 1 Tim 1:13
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    13even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,

  • Acts 28:17
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    17Paul Addresses the Jewish Community in Rome After three days Paul called the local Jewish leaders together. When they had assembled, he said to them,“Brothers, although I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, from Jerusalem I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans.

  • Acts 9:14
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    14and here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison all who call on your name!”