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

John 16:9

Acts 8:3

Bible References

That

They will excommunicate you; indeed the time is coming when anyone who kills you will imagine he is performing a service to God.

I can vouch for their zeal for God; only, it is not zeal with knowledge.

You know the story of my past career in Judaism; you know how furiously I persecuted the church of God and harried it,

in point of ardour a persecutor of the church, immaculate by the standard of legal righteousness.

though I had formerly been a blasphemer and a persecutor and a wanton aggressor. I obtained mercy because in my unbelief I had acted out of ignorance;

The name

But Peter said, "I have no silver or gold, but I will give you what I do have. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, [get up and] walk!"

I will show him all he has to suffer for the sake of my Name."

Then Paul replied, "What do you mean by weeping and disheartening me? I am ready not only to be bound but also to die at Jerusalem for the sake of the Lord Jesus."

'Who are you?' I asked. He said to me, 'I am Jesus the Nazarene, and you are persecuting me.'

The fact is, we have found this man is a perfect pest; he stirs up sedition among the Jews all over the world and he is a ringleader of the Nazarene sect.

General references

of sin, because they do not believe in me;

but Saul made havoc of the church by entering one house after another, dragging off men and women, and consigning them to prison.