Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Meanwhile, still spewing death threats against the Lord's disciples, Saul went to the high priest.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
Holman Bible
Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing threats and murder against the disciples
A Conservative Version
But Saul, still breathing threat and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, after going to the high priest,
American Standard Version
But Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
Amplified
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An Understandable Version
With every breath [it seemed], Saul [expressed his desire to] threaten and murder the Lord's disciples and [even] went to the head priest
Anderson New Testament
And Saul, still breathing out threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the chief priest,
Bible in Basic English
But Saul, still burning with desire to put to death the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
Common New Testament
Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
Daniel Mace New Testament
Saul still breathing out nothing but threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord,
Darby Translation
But Saul, still breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, came to the high priest
Godbey New Testament
But Saul, still breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, having come to the high priest,
Goodspeed New Testament
Now Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the Lord's disciples, went to the high priest,
John Wesley New Testament
But Saul still breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord,
Julia Smith Translation
And Saul, yet breathing out threatening and murder against the disciples of the Lord, having come to the chief priest,
King James 2000
And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
Lexham Expanded Bible
But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
Modern King James verseion
And Saul, still breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
Moffatt New Testament
Meanwhile Saul still breathed threats of murder against the disciples of the Lord. He went to the high priest
Montgomery New Testament
Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats of murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
NET Bible
Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats to murder the Lord's disciples, went to the high priest
New Heart English Bible
But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
Noyes New Testament
But Saul, yet breathing out threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
Sawyer New Testament
BUT Saul, yet breathing out threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the chief priest
The Emphasized Bible
But, Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, going unto the High-priest,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
BUT Saul, still breathing out threatenings and murder against the disciples of the Lord, applying to the high-priest,
Twentieth Century New Testament
Meanwhile Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the High Priest,
Webster
And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
Weymouth New Testament
Now Saul, whose every breath was a threat of destruction for the disciples of the Lord,
Williams New Testament
Now Saul, as he was still breathing threats of murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
World English Bible
But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
Worrell New Testament
And Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, going to the high priest,
Worsley New Testament
But Saul still breathing out threatnings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, came to the high priest, and desired of him letters to the synagogues at Damascus,
Youngs Literal Translation
And Saul, yet breathing of threatening and slaughter to the disciples of the Lord, having gone to the chief priest,
Themes
Bigotry » Instances of » Of saul, in persecuting the Christians
Character transformed » Saul the bloodthirsty persecutor
Conversion » Characters transformed by » Saul the bloodthirsty persecutor
Fanaticism » Saul in persecuting the church
Heart » Change of » Saul of tarsus
Paul » Persecutes the Christians; present at, and gives consent to, the stoning of stephen
Paul » Sent to damascus with letters for the arrest and return to jerusalem of Christians
Persecution » The world persecuting jesus Christ
Persecution » Instances of » Of the ekklesia (body of Christ)
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 9:1
Images Acts 9:1
Prayers for Acts 9:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Saul's Conversion On The Damascus Road
1 Meanwhile, still spewing death threats against the Lord's disciples, Saul went to the high priest. 2 He asked him for letters to take with him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he might bring them in chains to Jerusalem.
Cross References
Acts 8:3
But Saul kept trying to destroy the church. Going into one house after another, he began dragging off men and women and throwing them in prison.
Psalm 27:12
Do not hand me over to the desires of my enemies; for false witnesses have risen up against me; even the one who breathes out violence.
Acts 9:11-21
The Lord told him, "Get up, go to the street called Straight, and in the home of Judas look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. At this very moment he's praying.
Acts 26:9-11
Indeed, I myself thought it my duty to take extreme measures against the name of Jesus from Nazareth.
Acts 7:58
ran him outside of the city, and began to stone him to death. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.
Acts 22:3-5
"I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia but raised in this city and educated at the feet of Gamaliel in the strict ways of our ancestral Law. I am as zealous for God as all of you are today.
1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the apostles and not even fit to be called an apostle because I persecuted God's church.
Galatians 1:13
For you have heard about my earlier life in Judaism how I kept violently persecuting God's church and was trying to destroy it.
Philippians 3:6
As for my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church. As far as righteousness in the Law is concerned, I was blameless.
1 Timothy 1:13
In the past I was a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man. But I received mercy because I acted ignorantly in my unbelief,