Acts 26:9

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Acts 26:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible

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?

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.

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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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

John 16:2

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.

John 16:3

They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.

Romans 10:2

For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.

Galatians 1:13

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.

Galatians 1:14

I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

Philippians 3:6

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

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.

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!”

Acts 9:16

I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”

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.”

Acts 22:8

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

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,