^26:9Of course,²⁷ I myself was convinced²⁸ that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene. ^26:10And that is what I did in Jerusalem: Not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons by the authority I received²⁹ from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote³⁰ against them when they were sentenced to death.³¹^26:11I punished³² them often in all the synagogues³³ and tried to force³⁴ them to blaspheme. Because I was so furiously enraged³⁵ at them, I went to persecute³⁶ them even in foreign cities.

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Footnotes

27 οὖν 3 states, “It has been proposed that some traces of older Gk. usage in which οὖν is emphatic, = certainly, really, to be sure etc. (s. L-S-J-M 1) remain in the pap … and in the NT … indeed, of course Ac 26:9.”
28 Grk “I thought to myself.” δοκέω 2.a has “ἕδοξα ἐμαυτῷ δῖν πρᾶξαι = Lat. mihi videbar I was convinced that it was necessary to do Ac 26:9.”
29 Grk “by receiving authority.” The participle λαβών (labōn) has been taken instrumentally.
30 Grk “cast down a pebble against them.” L&N 30.103 states, “(an idiom, Grk ‘to bring a pebble against someone,’ a reference to a white or black pebble used in voting for or against someone) to make known one’s choice against someone—‘to vote against.’ … ‘when they were sentenced to death, I also voted against them’ Ac 26:10.”
31 Grk “when they were being executed”; but the context supports the sentencing rather than the execution itself (cf. L&N 30.103).
32 Grk “and punishing … I tried.” The participle τιμωρῶν (timōrōn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.
33 See the note on synagogue in .
34 The imperfect verb ἠνάγκαζον (ēnankazon) has been translated as a conative imperfect (so ἀναγκάζω 1, which has “ἠνάγκαζον βλασφημεῖν I tried to force them to blaspheme Ac 26:11”).
35 Or “was so insanely angry with them.” ἐμμαίνομαι states, “to be filled with such anger that one appears to be mad, be enraged … περισσῶς ἐμμαινόμενος αὐτοῖς being furiously enraged at them Ac 26:11”; L&N 88.182 ἐμμαίνομαι, “to be so furiously angry with someone as to be almost out of one’s mind—‘to be enraged, to be infuriated, to be insanely angry’ … ‘I was so infuriated with them that I even went to foreign cities to persecute them’ Ac 26:11.”
36 Or “I pursued them even as far as foreign cities.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of Jesus of Nazareth. And I did so in Jerusalem. I not only locked up many of the saints in prison after receiving authority from the chief priests, but when they were put to death I cast my vote against them. And I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme, and in raging fury against them I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“I too was convinced that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth. And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the Lord’s people in prison, and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them. Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished, and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was so obsessed with persecuting them that I even hunted them down in foreign cities.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

In fact, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. I actually did this in Jerusalem, and I locked up many of the saints in prison, since I had received authority for that from the chief priests. When they were put to death, I was in agreement against them. In all the synagogues I often punished them and tried to make them blaspheme. Since I was terribly enraged at them, I pursued them even to foreign cities.

NLTNew Living Translation

“I used to believe that I ought to do everything I could to oppose the very name of Jesus the Nazarene. Indeed, I did just that in Jerusalem. Authorized by the leading priests, I caused many believers there to be sent to prison. And I cast my vote against them when they were condemned to death. Many times I had them punished in the synagogues to get them to curse Jesus. I was so violently opposed to them that I even chased them down in foreign cities.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Indeed, I myself thought it was necessary to do many things opposed to the name of Jesus the Nazarene, which I also did in Jerusalem, and not only did I lock up many of the saints in prison, having received authority from the chief priests, but also when they were being executed, I cast my vote against them. And throughout all the synagogues I punished them often and tried to force them to blaspheme, and because I was enraged at them beyond measure, I was pursuing them even as far as to foreign cities.

KJV 1900King James Version

I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them. And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.

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