Acts 9:13

Ananias objected, recalling the great harm Saul had done to believers. His fear was understandable given Saul's reputation.

Cross-references · 19

• 1 Tim 1:13–15Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
• Acts 8:3As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
• Acts 22:19–20And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
• Ezek 3:14So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
• Acts 9:1And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
• Acts 26:10–11Which 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.
• Acts 9:32And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.
• Rom 16:2That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
• Acts 22:4And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
• Matt 10:16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
• Rom 15:31That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;
• Exod 4:13–19And he said, O my LORD, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
• Rom 1:7To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• Rom 15:25–26But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.
• 1 Kgs 18:9–14And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
• Jonah 1:2–3Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
• Jer 20:9–10Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
• 1 Sam 16:2And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.
• Rom 16:15Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints which are with them.

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