Acts 26:9
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
In context
7 the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to realize as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.
8 Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
9 So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
10 And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.
11 I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.
Acts 26:9 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
- KJV King James Version
- I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
- WEB World English Bible
- “I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
- ASV American Standard Version
- I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
- YLT 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,
- DBY Darby Translation
- I indeed myself thought that I ought to do much against the name of Jesus the Nazaraean.
- WBS Webster Bible
- I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.