Acts 9:1

But, Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, going unto the High-priest,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

In Context

2asked from him letters for Damascus, unto the synagogues; to the end that, if he should find, any, who were of The Way, whether men or women, he might bring them, bound, unto Jerusalem.

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Cross References

Psalms 27:12Do not give me up unto the desire of mine adversaries, for there have risen up against me witnesses that are false, and he that fanneth up violence.

Acts 8:3But, Saul, went on to lay waste the assembly, along the houses, going in, and, dragging off both men and women, was

Acts 22:3I, am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but nurtured in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel,—trained after the strictness of our ancestral law; being jealous for God just as, all ye, are this day;

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

Philippians 3:6Regarding zeal, persecuting the assembly, regarding the righteousness that is in law, having become 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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