As for the holy ones who are in the earth, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.
Acts 26:10 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) This I also did in Yerushalayim. I both shut up many of the holy ones in prisons, having received authority from the chief Kohanim, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And that is what I did in Jerusalem; I [not only] locked up many of the [faithful] saints (holy ones) in prison by virtue of authority received from the chief priests, but when they were being condemned to death, I cast my vote against them. American Standard Version (1901) And this I also did in Jerusalem: and I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them. Common English Bible And that’s exactly what I did in Jerusalem. I locked up many of God’s holy people in prison under the authority of the chief priests. When they were condemned to death, I voted against them. Catholic Public Domain Version This is also how I acted at Jerusalem. And so, I enclosed many holy persons in prison, having received authority from the leaders of the priests. And when they were to be killed, I brought the sentence. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Which also I did at Jerusalem, and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority of the chief priests: and when they were put to death, I brought the sentence. |
As for the holy ones who are in the earth, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.
They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Sha'ul.
Sha'ul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Yerushalayim in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Yehudah and Shomron, except for the emissaries.
But Sha'ul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house, and dragged both men and women off to prison.
All who heard him were amazed, and said, *Isn't this he who in Yerushalayim made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief Kohanim!*
When Sha'ul had come to Yerushalayim, he tried to join himself to the talmidim; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a talmid.
It happened, as Kefa went throughout all those parts, he came down also to the holy ones who lived at Lud.
He gave her his hand, and raised her up. Calling the holy ones and widows, he presented her alive.
For I am the least of the emissaries, who is not worthy to be called an emissary, because I persecuted the assembly of God.
For you have heard of my way of living in time past in traditional Judaism, how that beyond measure I persecuted the assembly of God, and ravaged it.
Sha'ul, an emissary of Messiah Yeshua through the will of God, to the holy ones who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Messiah Yeshua:
I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the holy ones, and with the blood of the martyrs of Yeshua. When I saw her, I wondered with great amazement.