Acts 26:11

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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.

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KJV

King James Version

And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled [them] to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted [them] even unto strange cities.

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WEB

World English Bible

Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues, I strove to make them blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

And in all the synagogues, punishing them often, I was compelling [them] to blaspheme. And being exceedingly furious against them, I was persecuting [them] even as far as to foreign cities,

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Acts 26

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.

¹³ About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions.

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