Acts 26:12 Cross References - VIN

¹² "On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.

⁸ So she wrote some memos in Ahab's name, set his personal seal to them, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city. ⁹ And it was written in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth in a chief place among the people. ¹⁰ Set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, 'You cursed God and the king.' Then carry him out, and stone him to death."

²⁰ Can wicked rulers be allied with you? They frame mischief by decree (the law). ²¹ They gather together against the righteous, condemning the innocent to death.

¹ Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees;

⁸ As soon as Jeremiah finished saying everything that the LORD had commanded him to say to all the people, the priests, the prophets, and all the people seized him, telling him as they did: "You must certainly die!

²⁶ 'the LORD made you priest instead of Jehoiada so that there would be officials for the LORD's temple. You should put every madman who acts like a prophet in prison and in shackles. ²⁷ ‘Why have you not arrested Jeremiah from Anathoth? After all, he acts like a prophet among you.

⁴⁵ Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?” ⁴⁶ "No man has ever spoken the way he speaks," they replied. ⁴⁷ "What! Have you been led astray too?" the Pharisees replied. ⁴⁸ Has any of the rulers, or of the Pharisees, believed on him?

⁵⁷ Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, so that they might arrest him.

¹ Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out threats of murder against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest ² He asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, that if he found any there who belonged to The Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. ³ As Saul drew near to Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. ⁴ He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?” ⁵ “Who are You, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” He replied. ⁶ “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.” ⁷ The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless. They heard the voice but did not see anyone. ⁸ Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see a thing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.

⁵ as 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. ⁶ About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me. ⁷ "I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me: 'Saul, Saul! Why do you persecute me?' ⁸ ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied. ⁹ My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me. ¹⁰ Then I asked, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’ ¹¹ »I was blind because of the bright light. So my companions took me by the hand and led me to Damascus.

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.