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Acts 26:9

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7 Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.

8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?

I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

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.

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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

    Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

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  • Acts 22:8

    And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

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  • Galatians 1:13–14

    For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:

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  • Philippians 3:6

    Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

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  • John 16:2–3

    They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

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  • Acts 24:5

    For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

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  • Acts 21:13

    Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

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  • Acts 3:6

    Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

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