Acts 22:19

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

American Standard Version

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 saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem; because they will not receive of thee testimony concerning me.

20and when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting, and keeping the garments of them that slew him.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in theirs synagogues they will scourge you;

Acts 9:1But Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

Acts 26:9I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to 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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