World English Bible
""I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth."
— Acts 26:9, World English 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. ”
“Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.”
“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.”
Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
Why is it judged incredible with you, if God does raise the dead?
"I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
This I also did in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.
Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
"Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,