Acts 22:19

Paul’s Defense to the Crowd

18and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’19‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You. 20And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’

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Berean Standard Bible
‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.
American Standard Version (1901)
And I said, Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
Bible in Basic English
And I said, Lord, they themselves have knowledge that I went through the Synagogues putting in prison and whipping all those who had faith in you:
Douay-Rheims 1899
And I said: Lord, they know that I cast into prison, and beat in every synagogue, them that believed in thee.
Free Bible Version
I replied, ‘Lord, they certainly know that I went from synagogue to synagogue, beating and imprisoning those who trusted in you.
Geneva Bible 1599
Then I sayd, Lord, they know that I prisoned, and beat in euery Synagogue them that beleeued in thee.
King James (Authorized) Version
And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
Plain English Version
I said to him, ‘But, sir, they know me. They know that I went to a lot of our meeting houses looking for people that believe in you. I grabbed anyone that believed in you, and I beat them up, and I put them in jail.
Translation for Translators
But I protested and said to him, ‘Lord, they know that I went to many of our meeting houses looking for people who believe in you. I was putting in jail those whom I found who believed in you, and I was even beating them.
Unlocked Literal Bible
I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those who believed in you in every synagogue.
Noah Webster Bible
And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned, and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
World English Bible
I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.
Young's Literal Translation
and I said, Lord, they — they know that I was imprisoning and was scourging in every synagogue those believing on thee;