Acts 26:9

King James Version (KJV)

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

Translations

Acts 26:9 - Amplified Bible

I myself indeed was [once] persuaded that it was my duty to do many things contrary to {and} in defiance of the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Acts 26:9 - American Standard Version

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

Acts 26:9 - Bible in Basic English

For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Acts 26:9 - Darby Bible

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

Acts 26:9 - English Standard Version

"I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Acts 26:9 - King James Version

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

Acts 26:9 - La Biblia de las Americas

Yo ciertamente habìa creìdo que debìa hacer muchos males en contra del nombre de Jesùs de Nazaret.

Acts 26:9 - The Message

"I admit that I didn’t always hold to this position. For a time I thought it was my duty to oppose this Jesus of Nazareth with all my might. Backed with the full authority of the high priests, I threw these believers—I had no idea they were God’s people!—into the Jerusalem jail right and left, and whenever it came to a vote, I voted for their execution. I stormed through their meeting places, bullying them into cursing Jesus, a one-man terror obsessed with obliterating these people. And then I started on the towns outside Jerusalem.

Acts 26:9 - New American Standard Bible

"So then, I thought to myself that I had to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Acts 26:9 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

"Yo ciertamente habìa creìdo que debìa hacer muchos males en contra del nombre de Jesùs de Nazaret.

Acts 26:9 - World English Bible

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

Acts 26:9 - Young's Living Translation

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

Acts 26:9 - Additional Comments

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