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Acts 26:9

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7 the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to realize as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.

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

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.

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.

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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
So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
KJV
I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
WEB
“I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
ASV
I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
DARBY
*I* indeed myself thought that I ought to do much against the name of Jesus the Nazaraean.
BLB
Therefore I indeed in myself thought [it] to be necessary to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth,
ÅB
Jeg for min del trodde nå at jeg burde gjøre meget imot Jesu, nasareerens navn;
OTB
«Jeg var også overbevist om at jeg skulle gjøre alt jeg kunne for å motsette meg navnet Jesus fra Nasaret.
B1930
Jeg for min del trodde nu at jeg burde gjøre meget imot Jesu, nasareerens navn;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Timothy 1:13

    I 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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  • Acts 22:8

    ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.

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  • Galatians 1:13–14

    For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.

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  • Philippians 3:6

    as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.

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  • John 16:2–3

    They 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.

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  • Acts 24:5

    We 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,

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  • Acts 21:13

    Then 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.”

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  • Acts 3:6

    But 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!”

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