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Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
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The Madness of Misguided Zeal
Commentators describe Paul's state during his persecutions with words like "madman," "maniac," and in a state of "temporary insanity of fanaticism." His opposition wasn't passive; it was a furious, violent campaign that extended beyond Judea, showing how sincere but misguided religious zeal can lead to extreme hatred.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And I punished them oft, etc. See Acts 22:19.
And compelled them to blaspheme. To blaspheme the name of Jesus, by denying …
Punishing (τιμωρων). Old word τιμωρεω originally to render help, to succor (τιμωρος, from τιμη and ουρος), then to avenge (for hon…
19th Century
Anglican
Compelled them to blaspheme.—The verb is in the imperfect tense, which may express either continued or incomplete action. It does …
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Baptist
Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many thi…
Paul went on to acknowledge that he too at one time thought that Christian preaching about the resurrection of Jesus was incredible. Pharisee thoug…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I punished them oft in every synagogue In Jerusalem, where there were many; (See Gill on Acts 24:12); b…
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