Acts 8:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and Saul was making havoc of the assembly, into every house entering, and haling men and women, was giving them up to prison;

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  • 1 Cor 15:9 : 9 for I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I did persecute the assembly of God,
  • Gal 1:13 : 13 for ye did hear of my behaviour once in Judaism, that exceedingly I was persecuting the assembly of God, and wasting it,
  • Phil 3:6 : 6 according to zeal persecuting the assembly! according to righteousness that is in law becoming blameless!
  • 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 who before was speaking evil, and persecuting, and insulting, but I found kindness, because, being ignorant, I did `it' in unbelief,
  • Acts 7:58 : 58 and having cast him forth outside of the city, they were stoning `him' -- and the witnesses did put down their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul --
  • Acts 9:21 : 21 And all those hearing were amazed, and said, `Is not this he who laid waist in Jerusalem those calling on this name, and hither to this intent had come, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?'
  • Acts 22:19 : 19 and I said, Lord, they -- they know that I was imprisoning and was scourging in every synagogue those believing on thee;
  • Acts 26:9-9 : 9 `I, indeed, therefore, thought with myself, that against the name of Jesus of Nazareth it behoved `me' many things to do, 10 which also I did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I in prison did shut up, from the chief priests having received the authority; they also being put to death, I gave my vote against them, 11 and in every synagogue, often punishing them, I was constraining `them' to speak evil, being also exceedingly mad against them, I was also persecuting `them' even unto strange cities.
  • Acts 22:3-4 : 3 `I, indeed, am a man, a Jew, having been born in Tarsus of Cilicia, and brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, having been taught according to the exactitude of a law of the fathers, being zealous of God, as all ye are to-day. 4 `And this way I persecuted unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women,
  • Acts 9:1-9 : 1 And Saul, yet breathing of threatening and slaughter to the disciples of the Lord, having gone to the chief priest, 2 did ask from him letters to Damascus, unto the synagogues, that if he may find any being of the way, both men and women, he may bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3 And in the going, he came nigh to Damascus, and suddenly there shone round about him a light from the heaven, 4 and having fallen upon the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, `Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?' 5 And he said, `Who art thou, Lord?' and the Lord said, `I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute; hard for thee at the pricks to kick;' 6 trembling also, and astonished, he said, `Lord, what dost thou wish me to do?' and the Lord `said' unto him, `Arise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what it behoveth thee to do.' 7 And the men who are journeying with him stood speechless, hearing indeed the voice but seeing no one, 8 and Saul arose from the earth, and his eyes having been opened, he beheld no one, and leading him by the hand they brought him to Damascus, 9 and he was three days without seeing, and he did neither eat nor drink. 10 And there was a certain disciple in Damascus, by name Ananias, and the Lord said unto him in a vision, `Ananias;' and he said, `Behold me, Lord;' 11 and the Lord `saith' unto him, `Having risen, go on unto the street that is called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas, `one' by name Saul of Tarsus, for, lo, he doth pray, 12 and he saw in a vision a man, by name Ananias, coming in, and putting a hand on him, that he may see again.' 13 And Ananias answered, `Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many evils he did to Thy saints in Jerusalem,
  • Jas 2:6 : 6 and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to judgment-seats;

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    1 And Saul, yet breathing of threatening and slaughter to the disciples of the Lord, having gone to the chief priest,

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    3 And in the going, he came nigh to Damascus, and suddenly there shone round about him a light from the heaven,

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    4 `And this way I persecuted unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women,

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    6 and it came to pass, in my going on and coming nigh to Damascus, about noon, suddenly out of the heaven there shone a great light round about me,

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    21 And all those hearing were amazed, and said, `Is not this he who laid waist in Jerusalem those calling on this name, and hither to this intent had come, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?'

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    10 which also I did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I in prison did shut up, from the chief priests having received the authority; they also being put to death, I gave my vote against them,

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    13 for ye did hear of my behaviour once in Judaism, that exceedingly I was persecuting the assembly of God, and wasting it,

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    57 And they, having cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and did rush with one accord upon him,

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    30 and the brethren having known, brought him down to Cesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.

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