9I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.


In Context

6 And now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers;

7 unto which promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. And concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, O king!

8 Why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead?

9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

10 And this I also did in Jerusalem: and I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my vote against them.

11 And punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues, I strove to make them blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities.

Acts 26:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:9I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:9"I too was convinced that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:9And I indeed did formerly think, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:9I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:9I indeed myself thought that I ought to do much against the name of Jesus the Nazaraean.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:9I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:9|I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:9I, indeed, therefore, thought with myself, that against the name of Jesus of Nazareth it behoved me many things to do,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:9I truly thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.