Acts 26:12 BSB — MannaFest

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13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐν	en	during	G1722 →
οἷς	hois	which	G3739 →
πορευόμενος	poreuomenos	journeying	G4198 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
Δαμασκὸν	Damaskon	Damascus	G1154 →
μετ᾽	met᾽	with	G3326 →
ἐξουσίας	exousias	[the] authority	G1849 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐπιτροπῆς	epitropēs	commission	G2011 →
τῆς	tēs	which [is]	G3588 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
ἀρχιερέων	archiereōn	chief priests	G749 →

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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 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…
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.
- Acts 9:13–14
  But Ananias answered, “Lord, many people have told me about this man and all the harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.
- Acts 9:21
  All who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners…
- Acts 22:4–5
  I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,
- Acts 9:1–2
  Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest
Through
John 11:57
But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.
leads to
- Psalms 109:4
  In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
- John 10:39
  At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.
- John 9:22
  His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Acts 22:5–11as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.Acts 26:10And 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.Acts 9:1–8Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest 1 Kings 21:8–10Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.John 11:57But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.Isaiah 10:1Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,John 7:45–48Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?”Jeremiah 26:8and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You must surely die!Psalms 94:20–21Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?Jeremiah 29:26–27‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.Acts 22:5as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.Acts 9:2and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

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