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Acts 26:9-11

King James Version (KJV)

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9. 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.

Acts 26:9-11 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Acts 26:9

Theological / Devotional

Contrary. Once Paul had fought Christianity “in all good conscience” (Acts 23:1), but it was a conscience made insensitive by the years of Jewish environment and instruction.

The name. A common expression in the Acts designating the Resurrected One (see on Acts 2:38), who was in very truth the incarnation of all the hopes of Israel (see on John 1:14).

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