Acts 26:10

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

And that’s what I did, beginning in Jerusalem. The leading priests gave me the authority to put many of God’s people in jail. And when they were being killed, I agreed that it was a good thing.

Cross References

Acts 9:21

All the people who heard Saul were amazed. They said, “This is the same man who was in Jerusalem trying to destroy the people who trust in Jesus! And that’s why he has come here—to arrest the followers of Jesus and take them back to the leading priests.”

1 Corinthians 15:9

All the other apostles are greater than I am. I say this because I persecuted the church of God. That is why I am not even good enough to be called an apostle.

Acts 9:26

Then Saul went to Jerusalem. He tried to join the group of followers, but they were all afraid of him. They did not believe that he was really a follower of Jesus.

Acts 8:1

Saul agreed that the killing of Stephen was a good thing. Some godly men buried Stephen and cried loudly for him. On that day the Jews began to persecute the church in Jerusalem, making them suffer very much. Saul was also trying to destroy the group. He went into their houses, dragged out men and women, and put them in jail. All the believers left Jerusalem. Only the apostles stayed. The believers went to different places in Judea and Samaria.

Acts 7:58

They took him out of the city and began throwing stones at him. The men who told lies against Stephen gave their coats to a young man named Saul.

Revelation 17:6

I saw that the woman was drunk. She was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people. She was drunk with the blood of those who told about their faith in Jesus. When I saw the woman, I was fully amazed.

Ephesians 1:1

Greetings from Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus. I am an apostle because that is what God wanted. To God’s holy people living in Ephesus, believers who belong to Christ Jesus.

Galatians 1:13

You have heard about my past life in the Jewish religion. I persecuted the church of God very much. I tried to destroy his people.

Acts 9:41

He gave her his hand and helped her stand up. Then he called the believers and the widows into the room. He showed them Tabitha; she was alive!

Acts 9:32

Peter was traveling through all the areas around Jerusalem, and he stopped to visit the believers who lived in Lydda.

Psalm 16:3

But you have also said about the gods of this land, “They are my powerful gods. They are the ones who make me happy.”