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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Gill's Exposition
And I punished them oft in every synagogue,.... In Jerusalem, where there were many; See Gill on Act 24:12; by beating and scourging them there, as the manner was; see Mat 10:17.
and compelled them…
Barnes' Notes
And I punished them oft ... - See Act 22:19. And compelled them to blaspheme - To blaspheme the name of Jesus by denying that he was the Messiah, and by admitting that he was an impostor. This was the…
Adam Clarke
Being exceedingly mad against them - Only a madman will persecute another because of his differing from him in religious opinion; and the fiercest persecutor is he who should be deemed the most…
Agrippa was the most honourable person in the assembly, having the title of king bestowed upon him, though otherwise having only the power of other governors under the emperor, and, though not here…
Cambridge Bible
And I punished them oft in every synagogue The Gk. continues with a participial construction, represented in Rev. Ver."and punishing … in all the synagogues." This closer representation of the…
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