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

This

General references

Acts 8:3

Bible References

I persecuted

'Lord,' I answered, 'these people know that I used to imprison and scourge, in Synagogue after Synagogue, those who believed in you;

And began to stone him, the witnesses laying their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.

Saul approved of his being put to death. On that very day a great persecution broke out against the Church which was in Jerusalem; and its members, with the exception of the Apostles, were all scattered over the districts of Judea and Samaria.

Meanwhile Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the High Priest,

I myself, it is true, once thought it my duty to oppose in every way the Name of Jesus of Nazareth;

For I am the meanest of the Apostles, I who am unworthy of the name of 'Apostle,' because I persecuted the Church of God.

As to zeal, I was a persecutor of the Church; as to such righteousness as is due to Law, I proved myself blameless.

though I once used to blaspheme, and to persecute, and to insult. Yet mercy was shown me, because I acted in ignorance, while still an unbeliever;

This

This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, calling: "These men are servants of the most high God, and they are bringing you news of a way to Salvation."

This man began to speak out fearlessly in the Synagogue; and when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him home and explained the Cause of God to him more carefully still.

Some of them, however, hardened their hears and refused to believe, denouncing the Cause before the people. So Paul left them and withdrew his disciples, and gave daily addresses in the lecture-hall of Tyrannus.

This, however, I do acknowledge to you, that it is as a believer in the Cause which they call heretical, that I worship the God of my ancestors. At the same time, I believe everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the prophets;

General references

But Saul began to devastate the Church; he entered house after house, dragged out men and women alike, and threw them into prison.