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Acts 26:12

Damascus

10 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.

11 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.

Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.

14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

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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
In this pursuit I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.
KJV
Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
WEB
“Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
ASV
Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,
DARBY
And when, [engaged] in this, I was journeying to Damascus, with authority and power from the chief priests,
BLB
during which, going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,
ÅB
Under dette dro jeg da også til Damaskus med makt og myndighet fra yppersteprestene;
OTB
«Mens jeg var engasjert i dette, reiste jeg til Damaskus med myndighet og fullmakt fra overprestene.
B1930
Under dette drog jeg da også til Damaskus med makt og myndighet fra yppersteprestene;

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Cross references

  • Acts 26:10

    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.

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  • Acts 9:1–8

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

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  • Acts 22:5–11

    As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.

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  • Jeremiah 26:8

    Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.

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  • John 11:57

    Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.

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  • 1 Kings 21:8–10

    So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.

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  • John 7:45–48

    Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?

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  • Isaiah 10:1

    Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

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