9I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
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Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: …
For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)Agrippa was the most honourable person in the assembly, having the title of king bestowed upon him, though otherwise having only the power of other governors under the emperor, and, though not here superior, yet senior, to Festus; and therefore, Festus having opened the cause, Agrippa, as the mouth of the court, intimates to Paul a licence given him to speak for himself , Acts 26:1. Paul was silen…
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