Acts 22:19

And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned, and beat in every synagogue, those that believed in thee;

Noyes Bible

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 to me, Make haste, and go quickly out of Jerusalem; for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

20and when the blood of Stephen, thy witness, was shed, I myself was standing by and consenting, and keeping the garments of those who slew him.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:17But beware of men. For they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;

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

Acts 26:9I indeed thought with myself that I ought to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

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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