Acts 9:14

World English Bible (2000)

Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name."

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  • Acts 9:21 : 21 All who heard him were amazed, and said, "Isn't this he who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests!"
  • Acts 7:59 : 59 They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"
  • Acts 22:16 : 16 Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.'
  • 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:
  • 2 Tim 2:22 : 22 Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
  • Rom 10:12-14 : 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him. 13 For, "Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved." 14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher?
  • Acts 9:2-3 : 2 and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3 As he traveled, it happened that he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him.

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  • Acts 9:10-13
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    82%

    10Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias!" He said, "Behold, it's me, Lord."

    11The Lord said to him, "Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judah for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying,

    12and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in, and laying his hands on him, that he might receive his sight."

    13But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem.

  • Acts 9:15-17
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    15But the Lord said to him, "Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

    16For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake."

    17Ananias departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

  • Acts 26:12
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    12"Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,

  • Acts 9:21
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    21All who heard him were amazed, and said, "Isn't this he who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests!"

  • Acts 9:1-6
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    1But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

    2and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

    3As he traveled, it happened that he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him.

    4He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"

    5He said, "Who are you, Lord?" The Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

    6But rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do."

  • Acts 26:9-10
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    9"I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

    10This I also did in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.

  • Acts 22:19
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    19I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.

  • Acts 22:7-16
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    7I 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 of Nazareth, whom you persecute.'

    9"Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they didn't understand the voice of him who spoke to me.

    10I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' The Lord said to me, 'Arise, and go into Damascus. There you will be told about all things which are appointed for you to do.'

    11When I couldn't see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.

    12One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,

    13came to me, and standing by me said to me, 'Brother Saul, receive your sight!' In that very hour I looked up at him.

    14He said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

    15For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.

    16Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.'

  • Acts 4:7-8
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    7When they had stood them in the middle of them, they inquired, "By what power, or in what name, have you done this?"

    8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

  • Acts 26:14-17
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    14When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'

    15"I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' "He said, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

    16But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you;

    17delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,

  • Acts 22:4-5
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    71%

    4I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

    5As also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.

  • Acts 13:9
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    9But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him,

  • Acts 4:17-18
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    17But so that this spreads no further among the people, let's threaten them, that from now on they don't speak to anyone in this name."

    18They called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

  • Acts 23:2
    70%

    2The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

  • Acts 13:11
    69%

    11Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season!" Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him. He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

  • Acts 4:29
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    29Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,

  • Acts 9:27
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    27But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.

  • Acts 25:15
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    15about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for a sentence against him.

  • Acts 6:12
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    12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, and brought him in to the council,

  • Acts 5:27-28
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    27When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,

    28saying, "Didn't we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood on us."

  • John 18:24
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    24Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas, the high priest.

  • Acts 8:19
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    19saying, "Give me also this power, that whoever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit."

  • Acts 13:2
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    2As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them."