Acts 26:11 meaning and explanation
I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.
Acts 26:11, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul is recounting his former life before King Agrippa, describing how he once persecuted followers of Jesus. The synagogues were both Jewish worship settings and public places where punishment could be carried out, and Paul says he tried to force believers to blaspheme, likely by renouncing their faith under pressure.
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