Acts 26:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ “Indeed, I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ I myself indeed was [once] persuaded that it was my duty to do many things contrary to and in defiance of the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Common English Bible

⁹ “I really thought that I ought to oppose the name of Jesus the Nazarene in every way possible.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And certainly, I myself formerly considered that I ought to act in many ways which are contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ And I indeed did formerly think, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Acts 26:9 Cross References

John 15:21

But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.

Acts 21:13

Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Acts 22:3

“I am a Jew born in Tarsus in Cilicia but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, educated strictly according to our ancestral law, being zealous for God, just as all of you are today.

Acts 22:4

I persecuted this Way up to the point of death by binding both men and women and putting them in prison,

Acts 22:8

I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ Then he said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth whom you are persecuting.’

Acts 24:5

We have, in fact, found this man a pestilent fellow, an agitator among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

Acts 3:17

“And now, brothers and sisters, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.

Acts 3:6

Peter said, “I have no silver or gold, but what I have I give you; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, stand up and walk.”

Acts 9:1

Meanwhile Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest

Acts 9:16

I myself will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”

Romans 10:2

For I can testify that they have a zeal for God, but it is not based on knowledge.

Philippians 3:6

as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.

1 Timothy 1:13

even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,

Judges 6:30

Then the townspeople said to Joash, “Bring out your son so that he may die, for he has pulled down the altar of Baal and cut down the sacred pole beside it.”