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Acts 26:9

New Century Version

“I, too, thought I ought to do many things against Jesus from Nazareth.

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They will do all this to you on account of me, because they do not know the One who sent me.

But he said, “Why are you crying and making me so sad? I am not only ready to be tied up in Jerusalem, I am ready to die for the Lord Jesus!”

“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in the country of Cilicia, but I grew up in this city. I was a student of Gamaliel, who carefully taught me everything about the law of our ancestors. I was very serious about serving God, just as are all of you here today.

I persecuted the people who followed the Way of Jesus, and some of them were even killed. I arrested men and women and put them in jail.

I asked, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ The voice said, ‘I am Jesus from Nazareth whom you are persecuting.’

We have found this man to be a troublemaker, stirring up his people everywhere in the world. He is a leader of the Nazarene group.

“Brothers and sisters, I know you did those things to Jesus because neither you nor your leaders understood what you were doing.

But Peter said, “I don’t have any silver or gold, but I do have something else I can give you. By the power of Jesus Christ from Nazareth, stand up and walk!”

In Jerusalem Saul was still threatening the followers of the Lord by saying he would kill them. So he went to the high priest

I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.”

I can say this about them: They really try to follow God, but they do not know the right way.

I was so enthusiastic I tried to hurt the church. No one could find fault with the way I obeyed the law of Moses.

In the past I spoke against Christ and persecuted him and did all kinds of things to hurt him. But God showed me mercy, because I did not know what I was doing. I did not believe.

So they said to Joash, “Bring your son out. He has pulled down the altar of Baal and cut down the Asherah idol beside it. He must die!”




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