Acts 26:11 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 26:11

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.

BSB

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ASV

And punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues, I strove to make them blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities.

KJV

And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And I punished them oft ... - See Act 22:19. And compelled them to blaspheme - To blaspheme the name of Jesus by denying that he was the Messiah, and by admitting that he was an impostor. This was the object which they had in view in the persecution. It was not to make them blaspheme or reproach God, but to deny that Jesus was the Messiah, and to reproach him as a deceiver and an impostor.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

I compelled them - That is, some of them; to blaspheme - This is the most dreadful of all! Repent, ye enemies of the Gospel. If Spira, who was compelled, suffered so terribly, what will become of those who compel, like Saul, but do not repent like him.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
κατὰ	kata	in	G2596 →
πάσας	pasas	all	G3956 →
τὰς	tas	the	G3588 →
συναγωγὰς	sunagōgas	synagogues	G4864 →
πολλάκις	pollakis	often	G4178 →
τιμωρῶν	timōrōn	punishing	G5097 →
αὐτοὺς	autous	them	G846 →
ἠνάγκαζον	ēnagkazon	I was compelling [them]	G315 →
βλασφημεῖν,	blasphēmein	to blaspheme,	G987 →
περισσῶς	perissōs	Excessively	G4057 →
τε	te	then	G5037 →
ἐμμαινόμενος	emmainomenos	being furious	G1693 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	against them	G846 →
ἐδίωκον	ediōkon	I was persecuting [them]	G1377 →
ἕως	he'ōs	as far as	G2193 →
καὶ	kai	even	G2532 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
τὰς	tas	<the>	G3588 →
ἔξω	exō	foreign	G1854 →
πόλεις.	poleis	cities.	G4172 →

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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 9:1
Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest
leads to
- 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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 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.
- 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.
- Acts 9:11–21
  “Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.
- 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.
Through
Matthew 10:17
But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.
leads to
- Mark 13:9
  So be on your guard. You will be delivered over to the councils and beaten in the synagogues. On My account you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.
- Matthew 23:34
  Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after…
Through
Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
leads to
- Jude 1:10
  These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Acts

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Acts