...that 'after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee' (26:5), and he repeats how many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having...put to death, I gave my voice against them. . .and being exceedingly mad against them, 1 persecuted them even unto strange cities. (Acts 26:10-11) He...

...persecutor. Paul combines these first two insults against Christianity in Acts 26: 1 1 when he affirms, "I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled...them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities." How far did Paul go with this persecution? In Acts 22:4 he confesses, "I persecuted this way unto the...

...to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: 1 1 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly...

...Jesus of Nazareth. 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. And punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues, I strove to make them blaspheme;...

...persecutor, and injurious' (i Timothy 1: 13) publicly confesses his old persecutions of Christians: 'And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme' (Acts 26: 11). Blasphemy is now redefined as insistence on the letter of the Jewish law, the letter...

...death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him'. 'Many of the saints did I shut up in prison . . . and when they were put to death I gave my voice against...them. And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and strove to make them blaspheme and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange...

...Jesus of Nazareth, And this I also did injemsalem: 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. And punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues, I strove to make1 them blaspheme;...

...and had received authority of the high priests. And when they were put to death, I gave the sentence. And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme: and was yet more mad upon them, and persecuted them, even unto strange cities. About the which things as...

...could. This indeed I did at Jerusalem. I threw many saints into prison, obtaining authority to do so from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I brought the sentence.9 Not only in Jerusalem did I punish them, but through all the synagogues wherever...

...things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. This I also did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from...chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them. And I punished them often in every synagogue and compelled them to blaspheme;...