Acts 9:1 Cross References - YLT

¹ And Saul, yet breathing of threatening and slaughter to the disciples of the Lord, having gone to the chief priest,

¹² Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me.

⁵⁸ and having cast him forth outside of the city, they were stoning him —and the witnesses did put down their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul—

³ and Saul was making havoc of the assembly, into every house entering, and haling men and women, was giving them up to prison;

¹¹ and the Lord saith unto him, `Having risen, go on unto the street that is called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas, one by name Saul of Tarsus, for, lo, he doth pray, <sup>12</sup> and he saw in a vision a man, by name Ananias, coming in, and putting a hand on him, that he may see again.' <sup>13</sup> And Ananias answered, `Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many evils he did to Thy saints in Jerusalem, ¹⁴ and here he hath authority from the chief priests, to bind all those calling on Thy name.' ¹⁵ And the Lord said unto him, `Be going on, because a choice vessel to Me is this one, to bear My name before nations and kings—the sons also of Israel; <sup>16</sup> for I will shew him how many things it behoveth him for My name to suffer.' <sup>17</sup> And Ananias went away, and did enter into the house, and having put upon him his hands, said, `Saul, brother, the Lord hath sent me—Jesus who did appear to thee in the way in which thou wast coming—that thou mayest see again, and mayest be filled with the Holy Spirit.' ¹⁸ And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, he saw again also presently, and having risen, was baptized, ¹⁹ and having received nourishment, was strengthened, and Saul was with the disciples in Damascus certain days, ²⁰ and immediately in the synagogues he was preaching the Christ, that he is the Son of God. ²¹ And all those hearing were amazed, and said, `Is not this he who laid waist in Jerusalem those calling on this name, and hither to this intent had come, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?'

³ `I, indeed, am a man, a Jew, having been born in Tarsus of Cilicia, and brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, having been taught according to the exactitude of a law of the fathers, being zealous of God, as all ye are to-day. <sup>4</sup> `And this way I persecuted unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women, ⁵ as also the chief priest doth testify to me, and all the eldership; from whom also having received letters unto the brethren, to Damascus, I was going on, to bring also those there bound to Jerusalem that they might be punished,

⁹ `I, indeed, therefore, thought with myself, that against the name of Jesus of Nazareth it behoved me many things to do, ¹⁰ which also I did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I in prison did shut up, from the chief priests having received the authority; they also being put to death, I gave my vote against them, ¹¹ and in every synagogue, often punishing them, I was constraining them to speak evil, being also exceedingly mad against them, I was also persecuting them even unto strange cities.

⁹ for I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I did persecute the assembly of God,

¹³ for ye did hear of my behaviour once in Judaism, that exceedingly I was persecuting the assembly of God, and wasting it,

⁶ according to zeal persecuting the assembly! according to righteousness that is in law becoming blameless!

¹³ who before was speaking evil, and persecuting, and insulting, but I found kindness, because, being ignorant, I did it in unbelief,