Acts 22:4

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Summary

Acts 22:4

And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

I persecuted

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General references

Leviticus 13:29

Acts 8:3

Bible References

I persecuted

"I said, "Lord, they themselves know that in every synagogue I kept imprisoning and beating those who believe in you.

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.

Now Saul heartily approved of putting Stephen to death. That day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and everyone except for the apostles was scattered throughout the countryside of Judea and Samaria.

Meanwhile, still spewing death threats against the Lord's disciples, Saul went to the high priest.

Indeed, I myself thought it my duty to take extreme measures against the name of Jesus from Nazareth.

For I am the least of the apostles and not even fit to be called an apostle because I persecuted God's church.

As for my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church. As far as righteousness in the Law is concerned, I was blameless.

In the past I was a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man. But I received mercy because I acted ignorantly in my unbelief,

This

She would follow Paul and us and shout, "These men are servants of the Most High God and are proclaiming to you a way of salvation!"

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him home and explained God's way to him more accurately.

But when some people became stubborn, refused to believe, and slandered the Way in front of the people, Paul left them, taking his disciples away with him, and held daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

However, I admit to you that in accordance with the Way, which they call a heresy, I worship the God of our ancestors and believe in everything written in the Law and the Prophets.

General references

"Now when a man or a woman has a skin rash on the head or the man develops a skin rash under his beard,

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.