Acts 9:1

Meanwhile Saul, still exhaling murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest

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And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

In Context

2and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he should find any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

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Cross References

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 22:3“I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, educated strictly according to the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, just as you all are today.

1 Corinthians 15:9For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God.

Philippians 3:6with respect to zeal, persecuting the Church; with respect to the righteousness that is in the law, blameless.

Matthew Henry on Acts 9:1

In this chapter we have, I. The famous story of St. Paul's conversion from being an outrageous persecutor of the gospel of Christ to be an illustrious professor and preacher of it. 1. How he was first awakened and wrought upon by an appearance of Christ himself to him as he was going upon an errand of persecution to Damascus: and what a condition he was in while he lay under the power of those convictions and terrors, ver. 1-9 . 2. How he was baptized by Ananias, by immediate directions from heaven, ver. 10-19 .… Read the whole commentary →

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