Acts 26:2-11

2“I consider myself fortunate that it is before you, King Agrippa, I am going to make my defense today aagainst all the accusations of the Jews, 3especially because you are familiar with all the bcustoms and ccontroversies of the Jews. Therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.

4 dMy manner of life from my youth, spent from the beginning among emy own nation and in Jerusalem, is known by all the Jews. 5They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that faccording to the strictest gparty of our hreligion I have lived as ia Pharisee. 6And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in jthe promise made by God to our fathers, 7 kto which lour twelve tribes hope to mattain, as they earnestly worship night and day. And for this hope nI am accused by Jews, O king! 8Why is it thought oincredible by any of you that God raises the dead?

9 pI myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of qJesus of Nazareth. 10 rAnd I did so in Jerusalem. I not only locked up many of the saints in prison after receiving authority sfrom the chief priests, but twhen they were put to death I cast my vote against them. 11And uI punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them vblaspheme, and win raging fury against them I xpersecuted them even to foreign cities.

2 Timothy 4:17

17But ythe Lord stood by me and zstrengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and aaall the Gentiles might hear it. So abI was rescued acfrom the lion’s mouth.
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