Acts 22:5
as the chefe prest doth beare me witnes and all the elders: of whom also I receaved letters vnto the brethren and wet to Damasco to bringe them which were there bounde vnto Ierusalem for to be punysshed.
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- Luke 22:66 : 66 And assone as it was daye the elders of the people and the hye prestes and scribes came to gedder and ledde him into their counsell sayinge:
- Acts 9:1-2 : 1 And Saul yet brethynge oute threatnynges and slaughter agaynst ye disciples of the LORde went vnto ye hye preste 2 and desyred of him letters to Damasco to ye synagoges: that yf he founde eny of this waye whether they were men or wemen he myght bringe them bounde vnto Ierusalem.
- Acts 5:21 : 21 When they hearde that they entred into the temple erly in the morninge and taught. The chefe prest came and they that were with him and called a counsell to gedder and all the elders of the chyldren of Israel and sent to the preson to fet them.
- Acts 4:5 : 5 And it chaunsed on the morowe that their rulars and elders and Scribes
- Acts 9:14 : 14 and here he hath auctorite of the hye prestes to bynde all that call on thy name.
- Acts 13:26 : 26 Ye men and brethren chyldren of the generacion of Abraham and whosoever amoge you feareth God to you is this worde of salvacio sent.
- Acts 22:1 : 1 Ye men brethre and fathers heare myne answere which I make vnto you.
- Acts 26:10 : 10 which thinge I also dyd in Ierusalem. Where many of the sainctes I shut vp in preson and had receaved auctorite of ye hye prestes. And whe they were put to deeth I gave the sentence.
- Acts 26:12 : 12 About the which thinges as I went to Damasco with auctorite and licence of the hye Prestes
- Acts 28:21 : 21 And they sayde vnto him: We nether receaved letters out of Iewry pertayninge vnto ye nether came eny of the brethren that shewed or spake eny harme of the.
- Rom 9:3-4 : 3 For I have wysshed my selfe to be cursed from Christ for my brethren and my kynsmen as pertayninge to the flesshe 4 which are the Israelites. To whom pertayneth the adopcion and the glorie and the covenauntes and the law that was geven and the service of God and the promyses:
- 1 Tim 4:14 : 14 Despyse not the gyfte that is in ye which was geven the thorow prophesye and with layinge on of ye hondes of an elder.
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- Acts 26:9-157 verses85%
9I also verely thought in my selfe that I ought to do many cotrary thinges clene agaynst the name of Iesus of Nazareth:
10which thinge I also dyd in Ierusalem. Where many of the sainctes I shut vp in preson and had receaved auctorite of ye hye prestes. And whe they were put to deeth I gave the sentence.
11And I punysshed them ofte in every synagoge and compelled them to blaspheme: and was yet more mad apon them and persecuted the even vnto straunge cities.
12About the which thinges as I went to Damasco with auctorite and licence of the hye Prestes
13even at myddaye (o kynge) I sawe in ye waye a lyght from heven above the brightnes of the sunne shyne rounde about me and them which iorneyed with me.
14When we were all fallen to the erth I hearde a voyce speakynge vnto me and sayinge in ye Hebrue tonge: Saul Saul why persecutest thou me? It is harde for the to kicke agaynste the pricke.
15And I sayde: Who arte thou LORde? And he sayde I am Iesus whom thou persecutest.
- Acts 22:3-42 verses84%
3I am verely aman which am a Iewe borne in Tharsus a cite in Cicill: neverthelesse yet brought vp in this cite at ye fete of Gamaliel and informed diligently in the lawe of the fathers and was fervent mynded to Godwarde as ye all are this same daye
4and I persecuted this waye vnto the deeth byndynge and delyveringe into preson bothe men and wemen
- Acts 9:1-33 verses80%
1And Saul yet brethynge oute threatnynges and slaughter agaynst ye disciples of the LORde went vnto ye hye preste
2and desyred of him letters to Damasco to ye synagoges: that yf he founde eny of this waye whether they were men or wemen he myght bringe them bounde vnto Ierusalem.
3But as he went on his iorney it fortuned yt he drue nye to Damasco and sodenly ther shyned rounde about him a lyght fro heven.
- Acts 22:6-116 verses79%
6And it fortuned as I made my iorney and was come nye vnto Damasco aboute none yt sodenly ther shone fro heaven a greate lyght rounde aboute me
7and I fell vnto the erth and hearde a voyce sayinge vnto me: Saul Saul why persecutest thou me?
8And I answered: what arte thou Lorde? And he sayd vnto me: I am Iesus of Nazareth whom thou persecutest.
9And they that were with me sawe verely a lyght and were a frayde: but they hearde not the voyce of him that spake with me.
10And I sayde: what shall I do Lorde? And the Lorde sayde vnto me: Aryse and goo into Damasco and there it shalbe tolde the of all thinges which are apoynted for the to do.
11And when I sawe nothynge for the brightnes of that light I was ledde by the honde of them that were with me and came into Damasco.
- Acts 22:17-215 verses79%
17And it fortuned when I was come agayne to Ierusalem and prayde in the teple yt I was in a trauce
18and sawe him sayinge vnto me. Make haste and get the quickly out of Ierusalem: for they will not receave thy witnes yt thou bearest of me.
19And I sayde: Lorde they knowe that I presoned and bet in every synagoge them that beleved on the.
20And when the bloud of thy witnes Steven was sheed I also stode by and consented vnto his deeth and kept the rayment of them that slewe him.
21And he sayde vnto me: departe for I will sende the a farre hence vnto the Gentyls.
- Gal 1:13-142 verses75%
13For ye have hearde of my conversacion in tyme past in the Iewes wayes how that beyonde measure I persecuted the congregacion of God and spoyled it:
14and prevayled in the Iewes laye above many of my companions which were of myne awne nacio and was a moche more fervet mayntener of the tradicions of the elders.
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32In ye citie of Damascon the governer of ye people vnder kynge Aretas layde watche in ye citie of the Damasces and wolde have caught me
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21All that hearde him were amased and sayde: is not this he that spoyled the which called on this name in Ierusalem and came hyther for ye entent that he shuld bringe the bounde vnto the hye prestes?
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15about whom when I came to Ierusalem the hye prestes and elders of the Iewes enformed me and desyred to have iudgement agaynst him.
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21For this cause the Iewes caught me in the temple and went about to kyll me.
- Acts 20:22-232 verses72%
22And now beholde I goo bounde in the sprete vnto Ierusalem and knowe not what shall come on me there
23but that the holy goost witnesseth in every cite sayinge: yt bondes and trouble abyde me.
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17nether returned to Ierusalem to them which were Apostles before me: but wet my wayes into Arabia and came agayne vnto Damasco.
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27But Bernabas toke hym and brought hym to ye apostles and declared to the how he had sene ye Lorde in ye waye and had spoke wyth hym: and how he had done boldely at damasco in the name of Iesu.
- Acts 9:13-153 verses71%
13Then Ananias answered: Lorde I have hearde by many of this man how moche evell he hath done to thy sainctes at Ierusalem
14and here he hath auctorite of the hye prestes to bynde all that call on thy name.
15The LORde sayde vnto him: Goo thy wayes: for he is a chosen vessell vnto me to beare my name before the gentyls and kynges and the chyldren of Israel.
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17And it fortuned after thre dayes that Paul called ye chefe of ye Iewes together. And whe they were come he sayde vnto the: Men and brethren though I have comitted nothinge agaynst the people or lawes of oure fathers: yet was I delyvered presoner from Ierusalem in to the hondes of ye Romayns.
- Acts 23:29-302 verses71%
29There perceaved I yt he was accused of questios of their lawe: but was not giltye of eny thinge worthy of deeth or of bondes.
30Afterwarde when it was shewed me how that ye Iewes layde wayte for ye man I sent him strayght waye to the and gave commaundmet to his accusars yf they had ought agaynst him to tell it vnto ye: fare well.
- Acts 26:4-52 verses71%
4My lyvynge of a chylde which was at the fyrst amoge myne awne nacion at Ierusalem knowe all the Iewes
5which knew me from ye beginnynge yf they wolde testifie it. For after the most straytest secte of oure laye lyved I a pharisaye.
- Gal 1:22-232 verses70%
22and was vnknowen as touchinge my person vnto ye cogregacios of Iewrye which were in Christ.
23But they hearde only that he which persecuted vs in tyme past now preacheth the fayth which before he destroyed.
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17delyverynge the from the people and from ye gentyls vnto which nowe I sende the
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14But this I confesse vnto ye that after that waye (which they call heresy) so worshippe I the God of my fathers belevinge all thinges which are writte in the lawe and ye Prophetes
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13came vnto me and stode and sayd vnto me: Brother Saul loke vp. And that same houre I receaved my sight and sawe him.
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6and as concernynge fervetnes I perseuted the congregacion and as touchynge the rightewesnes which is in the lawe I was vnrebukable.
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3But Saul made havocke of the congregacion entrynge into every housse and drewe out bothe man and woman and thrust the into preson.
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30But when the brethren knew of that they brought hym to cesarea and sent hym forth to Tharsus.
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5When ther was a saute made both of the gentyls and also of the Iewes with their rulers to put them to shame and to stone