Act 22:19, 26:11 | PNT | STEP | Lord, they know . He recalls the very words of his prayer to show his anxiety to labor with his own race.

Acts 22:19

Lord, they know. He recalls the very words of his prayer to show his anxiety to labor with his own race.

Acts 26:11

I punished them oft in every synagogue. "In all the synagogues" (Revised Version). Scourging was a not uncommon punishment in the synagogue (Mt 10:17 23:34).

Compelled [them] to blaspheme. Terrified them into denying Jesus.

Exceedingly mad. Raging, even fanatical. That he was a terrible persecutor cannot be doubted from his own account.

Even unto foreign cities. Of these Damascus was one (Ac 9:2).