Font Size
Acts 8:3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Acts 8:3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 Saul, meanwhile, was trying to destroy the church;[a] entering house after house and dragging out men and women, he handed them over for imprisonment.(A)
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 8:3 Saul…was trying to destroy the church: like Stephen, Saul was able to perceive that the Christian movement contained the seeds of doctrinal divergence from Judaism. A pupil of Gamaliel, according to Acts 22:3, and totally dedicated to the law as the way of salvation (Gal 1:13–14), Saul accepted the task of crushing the Christian movement, at least insofar as it detracted from the importance of the temple and the law. His vehement opposition to Christianity reveals how difficult it was for a Jew of his time to accept a messianism that differed so greatly from the general expectation.
Acts 8:3
New International Version
Acts 8:3
New International Version
3 But Saul(A) began to destroy the church.(B) Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.
Acts 9:13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Acts 9:13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
13 But Ananias replied, “Lord, I have heard from many sources about this man, what evil things he has done to your holy ones[a] in Jerusalem.(A)
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 9:13 Your holy ones: literally, “your saints.”
Acts 9:13
New International Version
Acts 9:13
New International Version
13 “Lord,” Ananias answered, “I have heard many reports about this man and all the harm he has done to your holy people(A) in Jerusalem.(B)
Acts 22:4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Acts 22:4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
4 I persecuted this Way to death, binding both men and women and delivering them to prison.(A)
Read full chapter
Acts 22:4
New International Version
Acts 22:4
New International Version
4 I persecuted(A) the followers of this Way(B) to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison,(C)
1 Corinthians 15:9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
1 Corinthians 15:9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
9 For I am the least[a] of the apostles, not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.(A)
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 15:9–11 A persecutor may have appeared disqualified (ouk…hikanos) from apostleship, but in fact God’s grace has qualified him. Cf. the remarks in 2 Corinthians about his qualifications (2 Cor 2:16; 3:5) and his greater labors (2 Cor 11:23). These verses are parenthetical, but a nerve has been touched (the references to his abnormal birth and his activity as a persecutor may echo taunts from Paul’s opponents), and he is instinctively moved to self-defense.
1 Corinthians 15:9
New International Version
1 Corinthians 15:9
New International Version
9 For I am the least of the apostles(A) and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted(B) the church of God.(C)
Galatians 1:13-14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Galatians 1:13-14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
13 [a]For you heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it,(A) 14 and progressed in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my race, since I was even more a zealot for my ancestral traditions.(B)
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 1:13–17 Along with Phil 3:4–11, which also moves from autobiography to its climax in a discussion on justification by faith (cf. Gal 2:15–21), this passage is Paul’s chief account of the change from his former way of life (Gal 1:13) to service as a Christian missionary (Gal 1:16); cf. Acts 9:1–22; 22:4–16; 26:9–18. Paul himself does not use the term “conversion” but stresses revelation (Gal 1:12, 16). In Gal 1:15 his language echoes the Old Testament prophetic call of Jeremiah. Unlike the account in Acts (cf. Acts 22:4–16), the calling of Paul here includes the mission to proclaim Christ to the Gentiles (Gal 1:16).
Galatians 1:13-14
New International Version
Galatians 1:13-14
New International Version
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the New American Bible, revised edition © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.