Acts 26:11

Contemporary English Version 1995

I often had them punished in our synagogues, and I tried to make them give up their faith. In fact, I was so angry with them, that I went looking for them in foreign cities.

Cross References

Acts 22:19

I replied, “Lord, they know that in many of our synagogues I arrested and beat people who had faith in you.

Acts 13:45

When the Jewish people saw the crowds, they were very jealous. They insulted Paul and spoke against everything he said.

Matthew 10:17

Watch out for people who will take you to court and have you beaten in their synagogues.

Acts 22:5

The high priest and all the council members can tell you this is true. They even gave me letters to the Jewish leaders in Damascus, so that I could arrest people there and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.

Acts 9:1

Saul kept on threatening to kill the Lord's followers. He even went to the high priest

2 Peter 2:16

But a donkey corrected him for this evil deed. It spoke to him with a human voice and made him stop his foolishness.

James 2:7

Aren't they the ones who make fun of your Lord?

Acts 18:6

Finally, they turned against him and insulted him. So he shook the dust from his clothes and told them, “Whatever happens to you will be your own fault! I am not to blame. From now on I am going to preach to the Gentiles.”

Luke 21:12

Before all this happens, you will be arrested and punished. You will be tried in your synagogues and put in jail. Because of me you will be placed on trial before kings and governors.

Luke 15:17

Finally, he came to his senses and said, “My father's workers have plenty to eat, and here I am, starving to death!

Luke 6:11

The teachers and the Pharisees were furious and started saying to one another, “What can we do about Jesus?”

Mark 13:9

Be on your guard! You will be taken to courts and beaten with whips in their synagogues. And because of me, you will have to stand before rulers and kings to tell about your faith.

Mark 3:28

I promise you that any of the sinful things you say or do can be forgiven, no matter how terrible those things are.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

It's terribly unfair for the same thing to happen to each of us. We are mean and foolish while we live, and then we die.

Psalm 102:8

My enemies insult me all day, and they use my name for a curse word.