Acts 26:10

"“I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth."

Key Reflection

In Acts 26:10, Saul (who later became Paul) recounts his past actions before converting to Christianity. He acknowledges that prior to his conversion, he fervently persecuted followers of Jesus, believing it was the right thing to do against what he saw as a heretical movement. This statement underscores the dramatic transformation in Saul's life and sets the stage for understanding how he came to embrace Christianity so wholeheartedly.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 10. Which thing I also did, etc. Ac 8:3. And many of the saints, etc. Many Christians, Ac 8:3. And when they were put to death. In the history of those transactions there is no account of any Christian being put to death, except Stephen, Ac 7. But there is no improbability in supposing that the same thing which had happened to Stephen, had occurred in other cases. Stephen was the first martyr; and as he was a prominent man, his case is particularly recorded. I gave my voice. Paul was not a member of the sanhedrim, and this does not mean that he voted, but simply that he joined in the persecution; he approved it; he assented to the putting of the saints to death. Comp. Ac 22:20.

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