Acts 22:19

And I said, Lord, they themselves have knowledge that I went through the Synagogues putting in prison and whipping all those who had faith in you:

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:

In Context

18And I saw him saying to me, Go out of Jerusalem straight away because they will not give hearing to your witness about me.

20And when Stephen your witness was put to death, I was there, giving approval, and looking after the clothing of those who put him to death.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:17But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;

Acts 9:1But Saul, still burning with desire to put to death the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

Acts 26:9For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Matthew Henry on Acts 22:4-22

Paul's First Defence. 3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. 4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. 5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to… Read the whole commentary →

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