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Read Full Chapter (Acts 26) Acts 26:9-10 KJV
"I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 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."
Acts Chapter 26, Verse 9-10
Acts 26:9-10 in Context (Verses 6–13 KJV)
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And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
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Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
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Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
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I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
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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.
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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.
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Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
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At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.