Verse 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.

Referenced Verses

  • Acts 8:3 : 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.
  • 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 22:4-5 : 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.
  • 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.’
  • Rom 15:25-26 : 25 But now I go to Jerusalem to minister to the saints. 26 For Macedonia and Achaia are pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.
  • 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.
  • Gal 1:13 : 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.
  • Eph 1:1 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints[in Ephesus], the faithful in Christ Jesus.
  • Rev 17:6 : 6 I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of those who testified to Jesus. I was greatly astounded when I saw her.
  • Acts 9:26 : 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.
  • Acts 9:32 : 32 Peter Heals Aeneas Now as Peter was traveling around from place to place, he also came down to the saints who lived in Lydda.
  • Acts 9:41 : 41 He gave her his hand and helped her get up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her alive.
  • 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.
  • Ps 16:3 : 3 As for God’s chosen people who are in the land, and the leading officials I admired so much–
  • 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.
  • Acts 8:1 : 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.