Acts 26:9
I indeed once thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazarene:
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
8What! is it judged incredible by you, that God should raise the dead?
Cross References
John 15:21But all these things will they do unto you, on my account, because they know not Him that sent me.
Acts 3:6But Peter said, Silver and gold I have not; but what I have I give thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.
Acts 21:13But Paul answered, What do ye mean, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Acts 24:5For having found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ring-leader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
Galatians 1:13For ye have heard of my conversation formerly in Judaism, that I outragiously persecuted the church of God, and laid it waste:
1 Timothy 1:13who before was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and an oppressor. But I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief: and the grace of our Lord superabounded,
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 →