Acts 9:21 meaning and explanation
All who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”
Acts 9:21, Berean Standard Bible
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The crowds in the Damascus synagogues had heard Saul proclaim Jesus as the Son of God, and their question shows how completely his arrival had been turned around. They knew his reputation: the man who had ravaged the church in Jerusalem and carried letters from the chief priests to arrest believers here.
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