Acts 22:4

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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 replied, 'they themselves well know how active I was in imprisoning, and in flogging in synagogue after synagogue those who believe in Thee;

dragged him out of the city, and stoned him, the witnesses throwing off their outer garments and giving them into the care of a young man called Saul.

And Saul fully approved of his murder. At this time a great persecution broke out against the Church in Jerusalem, and all except the Apostles were scattered throughout Judaea and Samaria.

Now Saul, whose every breath was a threat of destruction for the disciples of the Lord,

"I myself, however, thought it a duty to do many things in hostility to the name of Jesus, the Nazarene.

For I am the least of the Apostles, and am not fit to be called an Apostle--because I persecuted the Church of God.

as to zeal, a persecutor of the Church; as to the righteousness which comes through Law, blameless.

though I was previously a blasphemer and a persecutor and had been insolent in outrage. Yet mercy was shown me, because I had acted ignorantly, not having as yet believed;

This

She kept following close behind Paul and the rest of us, crying aloud, "These men are the bondservants of the Most High God, and are proclaiming to you the way of salvation."

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, and Priscilla and Aquila, after hearing him, took him home and explained God's way to him more accurately.

But some grew obstinate in unbelief and spoke evil of the new faith before all the congregation. So Paul left them, and, taking with him those who were disciples, held discussions daily in Tyrannus's lecture-hall.

But this I confess to you--that in the way which they style a heresy, I worship the God of our forefathers, believing everything that is taught in the Law or is written in the Prophets,

General references

But Saul cruelly harassed the Church. He went into house after house, and, dragging off both men and women, threw them into prison.