Acts 26:9 - Forerunner Commentary

Acts 26:9

7 To this promise ^aour twelve tribes, earnestly serving God ^bnight and day, ^chope to attain. For this hope’s sake, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.

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,

13 at midday, O king, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me.

14 And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

15 So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

16 But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, ^ato make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you.

17 I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, ^ato whom I now send you,

18 ^ato open their eyes, in order ^bto turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, ^cthat they may receive forgiveness of sins and ^dan inheritance among those who are ^esanctified by faith in Me.’

Verse Comparison: Acts 26:9

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American Standard Version
I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Amplified® Bible
I myself indeed was [once] persuaded that it was my duty to do many things contrary to {and} in defiance of the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Contemporary English Version
I once thought that I should do everything I could to oppose Jesus from Nazareth.

Darby English Version
*I* indeed myself thought that I ought to do much against the name of Jesus the Nazaraean.

Good News Bible
"I myself thought that I should do everything I could against the cause of Jesus of Nazareth.

International Standard Version
Indeed, I myself thought it my duty to take extreme measures against the name of Jesus from Nazareth.

King James Version
I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

New American Standard Bible
"So then, I thought to myself that I had to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

New International Version
"I too was convinced that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

New King James Version
"Indeed, I myself thought I must do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"So then, I thought to myself that I had to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Young's Literal Translation
`I, indeed, therefore, thought with myself, that against the name of Jesus of Nazareth it behoved `me' many things to do,

New English Translation
Of course,¹ I myself was convinced² that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

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