Acts 26:11

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

10 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.

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.

13 About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions.

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
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.
KJV
And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
WEB
Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
ASV
And punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues, I strove to make them blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities.
DARBY
And often punishing them in all the synagogues, I compelled them to blaspheme. And, being exceedingly furious against them, I persecuted them even to cities out [of our own land].
BLB
And in all the synagogues, punishing them often, I was compelling [them] to blaspheme. And being exceedingly furious against them, I was persecuting [them] even as far as to foreign cities,
ÅB
og omkring i alle synagogene tvang jeg dem ofte ved straff til å spotte, og jeg raste enn mere mot dem og forfulgte dem like til de utenlandske byer.
OTB
Jeg straffet dem ofte i alle synagogene og prøvde å tvinge dem til å spotte. I mitt ekstreme raseri forfulgte jeg dem til og med til fremmede byer.
B1930
og omkring i alle synagogene tvang jeg dem ofte ved straff til å spotte, og jeg raste enn mere mot dem og forfulgte dem like til de utenlandske byer.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Acts 13:45

    But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.

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  • Acts 22:19

    ‘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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  • Matthew 10:17

    But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.

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  • Acts 9:1

    Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest

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  • Acts 22:5

    as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.

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  • Luke 15:17

    Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death!

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  • 2 Peter 2:16

    But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.

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  • Hebrews 10:28–29

    Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

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