Acts 26:10

I actually did this in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.

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In The King James Version

Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.

In Context

9“However, I myself thought that I had to perpetrate many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Natsorean;

11Yes, I punished them often in every synagogue, trying to force them to blaspheme; I was so excessively enraged against them that I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

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Cross References

Acts 7:58and throwing him out of the city they stoned him! (The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.)

Acts 8:3As for Saul, he was trying to destroy the Church; invading house after house and dragging away both men and women, he was putting them in prison.

Acts 9:13But Ananias answered: “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many evil things he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.

Acts 9:26Now upon arriving in Jerusalem Saul kept trying to join himself to the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

Acts 9:41Then he gave her a hand and lifted her up, and calling the saints and widows he presented her alive.

Acts 22:19So I said: ‘Lord, they know that I used to imprison and beat those believing into you, from one synagogue to another;

Matthew Henry on Acts 26:2-12

Paul's Fifth Defence. 1 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself: 2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews: 3 Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently. 4 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among… Read the whole commentary →

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