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Acts 22:19
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“ ‘Lord,’ I replied, ‘these people know that I went from one synagogue to another to imprison and beat those who believe in you.
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Acts 22:19 in Other Translations
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And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
ESV
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And I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in you.
NLT
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“‘But Lord,’ I argued, ‘they certainly know that in every synagogue I imprisoned and beat those who believed in you.
MSG
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"At first I objected: 'Who has better credentials? They all know how obsessed I was with hunting out those who believed in you, beating them up in the meeting places and throwing them in jail.
CSB
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"But I said, 'Lord, they know that in synagogue after synagogue I had those who believed in You imprisoned and beaten.
Acts 22:19 In-Context
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“When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance
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and saw the Lord speaking to me. ‘Quick!’ he said. ‘Leave Jerusalem immediately, because the people here will not accept your testimony about me.’
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“ ‘Lord,’ I replied, ‘these people know that I went from one synagogue to another to imprison and beat those who believe in you.
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And when the blood of your martyr Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.’
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“Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go; I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’ ”
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1.
ver 4; S
Acts 8:3
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Matthew 10:17
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