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


In Context

6 and now for the hope of the promise made to the fathers by God, I have stood judged,

7 to which our twelve tribes, intently night and day serving, do hope to come, concerning which hope I am accused, king Agrippa, by the Jews;

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

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.

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 English Revised 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 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 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.