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"Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene."
— Acts 26:9, NET Bible
“I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.”
“I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. ”
“"I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.”
“And I indeed did formerly think that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.”
“For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.”
“I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.”
And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our ancestors,
a promise that our twelve tribes hope to attain as they earnestly serve God night and day. Concerning this hope the Jews are accusing me, Your Majesty!
Why do you people think it is unbelievable that God raises the dead?
Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
And that is what I did in Jerusalem: Not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons by the authority I received from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote against them when they were sentenced to death.
I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to force them to blaspheme. Because I was so furiously enraged at them, I went to persecute them even in foreign cities.
“While doing this very thing, as I was going to Damascus with authority and complete power from the chief priests,