Acts 8:3
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3 (A) Saul started making a lot of trouble for the church. He went from house to house, arresting men and women and putting them in jail.
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Acts 8:3
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3 But Saul(A) began to destroy the church.(B) Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.
Acts 22:4
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4 (A) I made trouble for everyone who followed the Lord's Way,[a] and I even had some of them killed. I had others arrested and put in jail. I didn't care if they were men or women.
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- 22.4 followed the Lord's Way: See the note at 9.2.
Acts 22:4
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4 I persecuted(A) the followers of this Way(B) to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison,(C)
Acts 26:9-11
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9 (A) I once thought that I should do everything I could to oppose Jesus from Nazareth. 10 I did this first in Jerusalem, and with the authority of the chief priests I put many of God's people in jail. I even voted for them to be killed. 11 I often had them punished in our synagogues, and I tried to make them give up their faith. In fact, I was so angry with them, that I went looking for them in foreign cities.
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Acts 26:9-11
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9 “I too was convinced(A) that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose(B) the name of Jesus of Nazareth.(C) 10 And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the Lord’s people(D) in prison,(E) and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.(F) 11 Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished,(G) and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was so obsessed with persecuting them that I even hunted them down in foreign cities.
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