Acts 26:10 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 26:10

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And this I also did in Jerusalem: and I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.

KJV

Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Which thing I also did in Jerusalem,.... The metropolis of Judea, where he had had his education, and was well known; here he consented to the death of Stephen, and held the clothes of the witnesses while they stoned him; and here he haled men and women out of their houses, and committed them to prison, and made havoc of the church of Christ, and destroyed the faith, and those that professed it, as much as in him lay.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

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.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Many of the saints - From what is said in this verse, it seems that Paul, before his conversion, was invested with much power: he imprisoned the Christians; punished many in various synagogues; compelled them to blaspheme - to renounce, and, perhaps, to execrate Christ, in order to save their lives; and gave his voice, exerted all his influence and authority, against them, in order that they might be put to death; and from this it would seem that there were other persons put to death besides St. Stephen, though their names are not mentioned.

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὃ	ho	which	G3739 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
ἐποίησα	epoiēsa	I did	G4160 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
Ἱεροσολύμοις	Hi'erosolumois	Jerusalem	G2414 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πολλούς	pollous	many	G4183 →
τε	te	also	G5037 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
ἁγίων	hagiōn	saints	G40 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
φυλακαῖς	phulakais	prisons	G5438 →
κατέκλεισα	katekleisa	locked up	G2623 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
παρὰ	para	from	G3844 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
ἀρχιερέων	archiereōn	chief priests	G749 →
ἐξουσίαν	exousian	authority	G1849 →
λαβών,	labōn	having received,	G2983 →
ἀναιρουμένων	anairoumenōn	when were being executed	G337 →
τε	te	then	G5037 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	they	G846 →
κατήνεγκα	katēnegka	I cast against [them]	G2702 →
ψῆφον·	psēphon	a vote;	G5586 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 8:1
And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
leads to
- Daniel 3:16–18
  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
- Acts 22:20
  And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’
- Acts 5:40
  At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.
- Acts 7:58
  They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
Through
Acts 8:3
But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
leads to
- 1 Timothy 1:13
  I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
- 1 Corinthians 15:9
  For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
- Philippians 3:6
  as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
- Galatians 1:13
  For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.