Acts 26:10
I shut up many of the saints - Men not only innocent, but good, just, holy. I gave my vote against them - That is, I joined with those who condemned them. Perhaps the chief priests did also give him power to vote on these occasions.
8 Why should it be thought incredible by you that God raises the dead?
9 a“Indeed, I myself thought I must do many things1 contrary to the name of bJesus of Nazareth.
10 aThis I also did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority bfrom the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.
11 aAnd I punished them often in every synagogue and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
Paul Recounts His Conversion
12 a“While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
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Commentaries:
John Wesley's Notes
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