ACTS 26:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
'Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished, and I tried to force them to blaspheme. Being furiously enraged at them, I even hunted them down in foreign cities. - Paul's recital intensifies: 'from one synagogue to another' (kata pasas tas synagōgas, kata pasas tas synagōgas-'throughout all the synagogues'), he pursued believers, trying to 'force them to blaspheme' (blasphēmeō, blasphēmeō-'speak against the faith'). His rage was 'furious' (perissos, perissos-'exceedingly'), driving him even to 'foreign cities' (epi tas exō poleis, epi tas exō poleis). His pursuit of Christians became a crusade of cosmic significance-until his vision stopped him.
Church Fathers on Acts 26:11
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…
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