Acts 26:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.

I also

The saints

Revelation 17:6

Having

Acts 9:14

Acts 22:5

General references

Leviticus 13:29

John 16:9

Acts 8:3

Bible References

I also

When they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.

And Saul agreed completely with killing. Now on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.

But Ananias replied, "Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem,

I persecuted this Way even to the point of death, tying up both men and women and putting them in prison,

For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it.

The saints

Now as Peter was traveling around from place to place, he also came down to the saints who lived in Lydda.

As for God's chosen people who are in the land, and the leading officials I admired so much --

But now I go to Jerusalem to minister to the saints.

From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints [in Ephesus], the faithful in Christ Jesus.

I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of those who testified to Jesus. I was greatly astounded when I saw her.

Having

and here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison all who call on your name!"

as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. From them I also received letters to the brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to make arrests there and bring the prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.

General references

"When a man or a woman has an infection on the head or in the beard,

concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;

But Saul was trying to destroy the church; entering one house after another, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.