Acts 26:10

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.

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KJV

King James Version

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].

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WEB

World English Bible

I also did this in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And this I also did in Jerusalem: and I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

which I also did in Jerusalem. And I also locked up many of the saints in prisons, having received the authority from the chief priests; and [on] their being put to death, I cast against [them] a vote.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Acts 26

⁸ Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?

⁹ So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

¹⁰ And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.

¹¹ I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.

¹² In this pursuit I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.

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