Acts 26:9
Previously I was sincerely convinced I should do as much as I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
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8Why should any of you think it's unbelievable that God raises the dead?
Cross References
John 15:21But everything they do to you will be because of me, for they don't know the one who sent me.
Acts 3:6“I don't have any silver or gold,” Peter told him, “but I'll give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk!”
Acts 21:13However, Paul answered, “What are you doing, crying and breaking my heart? I'm ready not only to be bound in Jerusalem, but to die in Jerusalem for the sake of the Lord Jesus.”
Acts 24:5We discovered that this man is a real pest, stirring up rebellions among Jews all over the world, a ringleader of the Nazarene sect.
Galatians 1:13You heard how I behaved as a follower of the Jewish religion—how I fanatically persecuted God's church, savagely trying to destroy it.
1 Timothy 1:13Even though I used to insult God, and persecuted and abused God's people, God showed me mercy because of my ignorance and unbelief.
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 →