Acts 22:19

I replied, ‘Lord, they certainly know that I went from synagogue to synagogue, beating and imprisoning those who trusted in you.

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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

18I saw a vision of the Lord telling me, ‘Hurry! You need to leave Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept what you are telling them about me.’

20When Stephen was killed for testifying about you I was standing there in full agreement with those who killed him, holding their coats for them.’

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Cross References

Matthew 10:17Watch out for those who will hand you over to be tried by town councils and will whip you in their synagogues.

Acts 9:1But meanwhile Saul was making violent threats against the disciples of the Lord, wanting to kill them. He went to the high priest

Acts 26:9Previously I was sincerely convinced I should do as much as I could to oppose 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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