Acts 9:1

And Saul, still breathing out threats and slaughter 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 for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

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Cross References

Acts 8:3As for Saul, he ravaged the church, entering into every house, and dragging off men and women and committing them to prison.

Acts 22:3I 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 strict manner of the law of our fathers, and was zealous for God, as you all are this day.

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

Philippians 3:6Concerning zeal, a persecutor of the church; regarding the righteousness which is of 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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