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10 And that’s what I did, beginning in Jerusalem. The leading priests gave me the authority to put many of God’s people in jail. And when they were being killed, I agreed that it was a good thing. 11 I visited all the synagogues and punished them, trying to make them curse[a] Jesus. My anger against these people was so strong that I went to other cities to find them and punish them.

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12 “One time the leading priests gave me permission and the authority to go to the city of Damascus.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 26:11 curse Literally, “blaspheme,” the same as saying they did not believe in Jesus.

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