Acts 9:1

Meanwhile Saul, still breathing 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 him to give him letters to the Jewish congregations at Damascus, authorizing him, if he found there any supporters of the Way, whether men or women, to have them put in chains and brought to Jerusalem.

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Cross References

Psalms 27:12Give me not up, O Lord, unto the rage of my foes; for against me have risen false witnesses, breathing out cruelty.

Acts 8:3But Saul began to devastate the church; he entered house after house, dragged out men and women alike, and threw them into prison.

Acts 22:3“I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, but I was brought up in this city under the teaching of Gamaliel, and educated in accordance with the strict system of our ancestral Law. I was as zealous in God’s service as any of you who are here today.

1 Corinthians 15:9For I am the least of the apostles, I who am unworthy of the name of ‘apostle,’ because I persecuted the church of God.

Philippians 3:6as to zeal, I was a persecutor of the church; as to such righteousness as is due to Law, I proved myself 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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