Acts 26:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.”
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“So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`I, indeed, therefore, thought with myself, that against the name of Jesus of Nazareth it behoved <FI>me<Fi> many things to do,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 26:9 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 6:30Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son. He must die, because he has torn down Baal’s altar and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.”
- John 15:21But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.
- John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
- Acts 3:6But Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”
- Acts 9:16I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”
- Acts 21:13Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
- Acts 22:8‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.
- Acts 24:5We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
- Romans 10:2For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
- Galatians 1:13For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
- Philippians 3:6as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
- 1 Timothy 1:13I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
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