Acts 26:9
Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
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- 1 Tim 1:13 : 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,
- Acts 22:8 : 8 I answered,‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me,‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’
- Acts 24:5 : 5 For we have found this man to be a troublemaker, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
- Rom 10:2 : 2 For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.
- Gal 1:13-14 : 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. 14 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation, and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.
- Phil 3:6 : 6 In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.
- John 15:21 : 21 But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.
- John 16:2-3 : 2 They will put you out of the synagogue, yet a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God. 3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me.
- Acts 3:6 : 6 But Peter said,“I have no silver or gold, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, stand up and walk!”
- Acts 9:16 : 16 For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”
- Acts 21:13 : 13 Then Paul replied,“What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
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- Acts 26:10-156 verses85%
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.
- Acts 22:19-202 verses76%
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.’
- Gal 1:13-142 verses75%
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.
14 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation, and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.
- Acts 22:3-119 verses75%
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.
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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?”
- Acts 9:13-142 verses74%
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 26:4-52 verses74%
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.
5 They 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.
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21 For this reason the Jews, after they seized me while I was in the temple courts, were trying to kill me.
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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.
- Acts 9:1-22 verses72%
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.
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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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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,
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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.”
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9 For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
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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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19 But when the Jews objected, I was forced to appeal to Caesar– not that I had some charge to bring against my own people.
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15 When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.
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16 For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”
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8 Why do you people think it is unbelievable that God raises the dead?
- Acts 9:4-63 verses69%
4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him,“Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
5 So he said,“Who are you, Lord?” He replied,“I am Jesus whom you are persecuting!
6 But stand up and enter the city and you will be told what you must do.”
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20 Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,
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29 I found he was accused with reference to controversial questions about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment.
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20 Because I was at a loss how I could investigate these matters, I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.
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2 “Regarding all the things I have been accused of by the Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate that I am about to make my defense before you today,
- Acts 9:26-272 verses68%
26 Saul Returns to Jerusalem When he arrived in Jerusalem, he attempted to associate with the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, because they did not believe that he was a disciple.
27 But Barnabas took Saul, brought him to the apostles, and related to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus.
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18 When his accusers stood up, they did not charge him with any of the evil deeds I had suspected.
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8 Paul said in his defense,“I have committed no offense against the Jewish law or against the temple or against Caesar.”
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19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
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10 Paul replied,“I am standing before Caesar’s judgment seat, where I should be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.