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Acts Chapter 26 verse 9 Holy Bible

ASV Acts 26:9

I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
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BBE Acts 26:9

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.
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DARBY Acts 26:9

*I* indeed myself thought that I ought to do much against the name of Jesus the Nazaraean.
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KJV Acts 26:9

I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
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WBT Acts 26:9

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WEB Acts 26:9

"I myself most assuredly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
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YLT Acts 26:9

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - I verily. He gently excuses their unbelief by confessing that he himself had once felt like them, and insinuates the hope that they would change their minds as he had, and proceeds to give them good reason for doing so. Contrary to the Name (Galatians 1:13; 1 Timothy 1:13). Jesus of Nazareth. By so designating the Lord of glory, he avows himself a member of "the sect of the Nazarenes" (see Acts 2:22; Acts 3:6; Acts 4:10; Acts 10:33, etc.).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) I verily thought with myself . . .--The words have a tone of considerate sympathy and hope. He himself had been led from unbelief to faith; he will not despair of a like transition for others, even for Agrippa. (Comp. 1Timothy 1:12-17.) On the relation of this account of the Apostle's conversion to previous narratives, see Notes on Acts 9:1-20.