Acts 9:21

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Acts 9:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible

19 and after taking some food, he regained his strength. And he spent several days with the disciples in Damascus.

20 Saul promptly began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, declaring, “He is the Son of God.”

21 All who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”

22 But Saul was empowered all the more, and he confounded the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.

23 After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him,

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Isaiah 8:18

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2 Thessalonians 1:10

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At this, his neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging began to ask, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”

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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

Acts 9:2

and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

Acts 9:13

But Ananias answered, “Lord, many people have told me about this man and all the harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.

Acts 9:14

And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”

Acts 8:3

But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

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

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Galatians 1:15

But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased

Galatians 1:16

to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,

Galatians 1:17

nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.

Galatians 1:18

Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.

Galatians 1:19

But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.

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I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie.

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Later I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

Galatians 1:22

I was personally unknown, however, to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.

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They only heard the account: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”

Galatians 1:24

And they glorified God because of me.