Acts 26:9

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Acts 26:9

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

“I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

Therefore I indeed in myself thought [it] to be necessary to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazarene,

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Acts 26

⁷ the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.

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.

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