Hear the word of the Lord, you who (A)tremble at His word:
“Your brothers who (B)hate you, who (C)exclude you on account of My name,
Have said, ‘Let the Lord be glorified, so that we may see your joy.’
But (D)they will be put to shame.

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“So (A)I thought to myself that I had to act in strong opposition to (B)the name of Jesus [a]of Nazareth. 10 And this is [b]just what I (C)did in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up many of the [c]saints in prisons, after (D)receiving authority from the chief priests, but I also (E)cast my vote against them when they were being put to death. 11 And (F)as I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and since I was (G)extremely enraged at them, I kept pursuing them (H)even to [d]foreign cities.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 26:9 Or the Nazarene
  2. Acts 26:10 Lit also
  3. Acts 26:10 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
  4. Acts 26:11 Or outlying

The Fifth Seal: Martyrs

When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw (A)underneath the (B)altar the (C)souls of those who had been killed (D)because of the word of God, and because of the (E)testimony which they had maintained;

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