Verse List for ACTs 26:9

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) “I too originally thought it necessary to do many things to oppose the cause of this Yeshua from Nazareth.

OET-LV Therefore indeed I supposed to _myself it _to _be _fitting to _do many contrary things to the name of_Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) of_ the _from _Nazaret.

ULT Indeed, for myself, I thought it to be necessary to do many things opposed to the name of Jesus the Nazarene,

UST But I will admit that I too once found it hard to believe. I was sure that I should do everything that I could to stop people from believing in Jesus from the town of Nazareth.

BSB & MSB So then, I [too] was convinced that I ought to do all [I could] to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

BLB Therefore I indeed in myself thought I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth,

AICNT I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

OEB I myself, it is true, once thought it my duty to oppose in every way the name of Jesus of Nazareth;

WEBBE “I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

WMBB “I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Yeshua of Nazareth.

MSG ^(9-11)“I admit that I didn’t always hold to this position. For a time I thought it was my duty to oppose this Jesus of Nazareth with all my might. Backed with the full authority of the high priests, I threw these believers—I had no idea they were God’s people!—into the Jerusalem jail right and left, and whenever it came to a vote, I voted for their execution. I stormed through their meeting places, bullying them into cursing Jesus, a one-man terror obsessed with obliterating these people. And then I started on the towns outside Jerusalem.

NET Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

LSV I indeed, therefore, thought with myself that it was necessary [for me] to do many things against the Name of Jesus of Nazareth,

FBV Previously I was sincerely convinced I should do as much as I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

TCNT “Indeed, I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

T4T “Formerly I, too, was sure that I should do everything that I could to oppose Jesus [MTY], the man from Nazareth town.

LEB Indeed, I myself thought it was necessary to do many things opposed to the name of Jesus the Nazarene,

BBE For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Moff I once believed it my duty indeed actively to oppose the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

Wymth "I myself, however, thought it a duty to do many things in hostility to the name of Jesus, the Nazarene.

ASV I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

DRA And I indeed did formerly think, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

YLT 'I, indeed, therefore, thought with myself, that against the name of Jesus of Nazareth it behoved [me] many things to do,

Drby I indeed myself thought that I ought to do much against the name of Jesus the Nazaraean.

RV I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
(I verily/truly thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.)

SLT I therefore truly thought to myself, I must do many things contrary to the name of Jesus, the Nazarite.

Wbstr I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

KJB-1769 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
(I verily/truly thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.)

KJB-1611 I verily thought with my selfe, that I ought to doe many things contrary to the name of Iesus of Nazareth:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps I also veryly thought in my selfe that I ought to do many contrary thynges, cleane agaynst the name of Iesus of Nazareth:
(I also verily/truly thought in myself that I ought to do many contrary things, clean against the name of Yesus/Yeshua of Nazareth:)

Gnva I also verely thought in my selfe, that I ought to doe many contrarie things against the Name of Iesus of Nazareth.
(I also verily/truly thought in myself, that I ought to do many contrary things against the Name of Yesus/Yeshua of Nazareth.)

Cvdl I also verely thoughte by my selfe, that I oughte to do many cotrary thinges cleane agaynst the name off Iesus off Nazareth,
(I also verily/truly thought by myself, that I ought to do many contrary things clean against the name off Yesus/Yeshua off Nazareth,)

TNT I also verely thought in my selfe that I ought to do many cotrary thinges clene agaynst the name of Iesus of Nazareth:
(I also verily/truly thought in myself that I ought to do many contrary things clean against the name of Yesus/Yeshua of Nazareth:)

Wycl And sotheli Y gesside, that Y ouyte do many contrarie thingis ayens the name of Jhesu Nazarene.
(And truly I guessed, that I ought do many contrary things against the name of Yhesu Nazarene.)

Luth Zwar ich meinete auch bei mir selbst, ich müßte viel zuwidertun dem Namen JEsu von Nazareth,
(That_is I meant also at/in to_me himself/itself, I would_have_to many contrarytun to_him name(s) Yesu from Nazareth,)

ClVg Et ego quidem existimaveram me adversus nomen Jesu Nazareni debere multa contraria agere,
(And I indeed existimaveram me against name Yesu Nazareni to_have_to fine opposites to_act,)

SR-GNT Ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν ἔδοξα ἐμαυτῷ πρὸς τὸ ὄνομα ˚Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Ναζωραίου, δεῖν πολλὰ ἐναντία πρᾶξαι. ‡

UGNT ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν ἔδοξα ἐμαυτῷ πρὸς τὸ ὄνομα Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Ναζωραίου, δεῖν πολλὰ ἐναντία πρᾶξαι.

SBL-GNT Ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν ἔδοξα ἐμαυτῷ πρὸς τὸ ὄνομα Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Ναζωραίου δεῖν πολλὰ ἐναντία πρᾶξαι·

RP-GNT Ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν ἔδοξα ἐμαυτῷ πρὸς τὸ ὄνομα Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Ναζωραίου δεῖν πολλὰ ἐναντία πρᾶξαι·

TC-GNT Ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν ἔδοξα ἐμαυτῷ πρὸς τὸ ὄνομα Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Ναζωραίου δεῖν πολλὰ ἐναντία πρᾶξαι·