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Acts 26:9

NETBible	Of course,¹ I myself was convinced² that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
NIV © biblegateway Act 26:9	"I too was convinced that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
NASB © biblegateway Act 26:9	"So then, I thought to myself that I had to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
NLT © biblegateway Act 26:9	"I used to believe that I ought to do everything I could to oppose the followers of Jesus of Nazareth.
MSG © biblegateway Act 26:9	"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.
BBE © SABDAweb Act 26:9	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.
NRSV © bibleoremus Act 26:9	"Indeed, I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
NKJV © biblegateway Act 26:9	"Indeed, I myself thought I must do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
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KJV	I <1473> verily <3303> <3767> thought <1380> (5656) with myself <1683>_, that I ought <1163> (5750) to do <4238> (5658) many things <4183> contrary <1727> to <4314> the name <3686> of Jesus <2424> of Nazareth <3480>_.
NASB © biblegateway Act 26:9	"So <3767> then <3767> , I thought <1380> to myself <1683> that I had <1163> to do <4238> many <4183> things <4183> hostile <1727> to the name <3686> of Jesus <2424> of Nazareth <3480> .
NET [draft] ITL	Of course <3303> , I <1473> myself <1683> was convinced <1380> that it was necessary to do <4238> many things <4183> hostile <1727> to <4314> the name <3686> of Jesus <2424> the Nazarene <3480> .
GREEK	egw men oun edoxa prov to onoma ihsou tou nazwraiou dein enantia praxai <4238> (5658) V-AAN

NETBible

Of course,¹ I myself was convinced² that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

NET Notes

¹tn BDAG 737 s.v. οὖν 3 states, “It has been proposed that some traces of older Gk. usage in which οὖν is emphatic, = certainly, really, to be sure etc. (s. L-S-J-M s.v. 1) remain in the pap…and in the NT…indeed, of course Ac 26:9.”

²tn Grk “I thought to myself.” BDAG 255 s.v. δοκέω 2.a has “ἔδοξα ἐμαυτῷ δεῖν πρᾶξαι = Lat. mihi videbar I was convinced that it was necessary to do Ac 26:9.”