ACTS 26:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
'And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the Lord's people in prison, and when they were being put to death, I cast my vote against them. - Paul admits to active persecution: imprisoning believers (deō, deō-'bind') and voting for their execution (psēphos, psēphos-'vote, stone'). His reference to 'the authority of the chief priests' (exousia para tōn archierēōn, exousia para tōn archierēōn) shows he acted as their agent. His vivid self-accusation ('cast my vote...against them') accepts moral responsibility. This honesty-admitting his past violence-paradoxically builds credibility for his transformation.
Church Fathers on Acts 26:10
And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? Acts 26:6-8 Two arguments he lays down for the Resurrection: one, the argument from the prophets: and he does not bring forward any prophet (in…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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