Thematic Bible: Of criminal courts
Thematic Bible
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And as I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and being furiously enraged at them, I kept pursuing them even to foreign cities.
And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves understand that in one synagogue after another I used to imprison and beat those who believed in You.