Acts 26:10

⁸ Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?

⁹ So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.

¹¹ I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.

¹² In this pursuit I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.
KJV: Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
WEB: I also did this in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.
ASV: And this I also did in Jerusalem: and I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.
DARBY: Which also I did in Jerusalem, and myself shut up in prisons many of the saints, having received the authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death I gave my vote.
BLB: which I also did in Jerusalem. And I also locked up many of the saints in prisons, having received the authority from the chief priests; and [on] their being put to death, I cast against [them] a vote.

ÅB: det gjorde jeg også i Jerusalem, og både kastet jeg mange av de hellige i fengsel, etter at jeg hadde fått fullmakt av yppersteprestene, og når de skulle slåes ihjel, gav jeg min stemme til det,
OTB: Og det var akkurat det jeg gjorde i Jerusalem. Med myndighet fra overprestene fengslet jeg mange av de hellige, og da de ble dømt til døden, ga jeg min stemme mot dem.
B1930: det gjorde jeg også i Jerusalem, og både kastet jeg mange av de hellige i fengsel, efterat jeg hadde fått fullmakt av yppersteprestene, og når de skulde slåes ihjel, gav jeg min stemme til det,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Acts 8:3
But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
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Acts 9:13–14
But Ananias answered, “Lord, many people have told me about this man and all the harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.
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Acts 9:21
All who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”
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Acts 22:4–5
I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,
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Acts 8:1
And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
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Acts 22:19–20
‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.
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Acts 9:1–2
Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest
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Acts 7:58
They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
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