Acts 26:9

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Summary

Acts 26:9

I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

That

1 Timothy 1:13

The name

Acts 24:5

General references

Acts 8:3

Bible References

That

They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.

For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it.

as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.

though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,

The name

But Peter said, "I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!"

For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."

Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."

And I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' And he said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.'

For we have found this man a plague, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

General references

"When a man or woman has a disease on the head or the beard,

Then Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest."

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;

But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.