Bible Verses About Religious Zeal: Exemplified by Paul

And immediately he preached Jesus in the synagogues, that he is the son of God.

And all that heard him were astonished and said: Is not this he who persecuted in Jerusalem those that called upon this name and came hither for that intent, that he might carry them bound to the chief priests?

But Saul increased much more in strength and confounded the Jews who dwelt at Damascus, affirming that this is the Christ.

And when many days were passed, the Jews consulted together to kill him.

But their lying in wait was made known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night, that they might kill him.

But the disciples, taking him in the night, conveyed him away by the wall, letting him down in a basket.

And when he was come into Jerusalem, he essayed to join himself to the disciples: and they all were afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and told them how he had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken to him: and how in Damascus he had dealt confidently in the name of Jesus.

And he was with them, coming in and going out in Jerusalem and dealing confidently in the name of the Lord.

He spoke also to the Gentiles and disputed with the Greeks. But they sought to kill him.

Then Paul rising up and with his hand bespeaking silence, said: Ye men of Israel and you that fear God, give ear.

The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers and exalted the people when they were sojourners in the land of Egypt: And with an high arm brought them out from thence:

And for the space of forty years endured their manners in the desert:

And, destroying seven nations in the land of Chaanan, divided their land among them by lot.

As it were, after four hundred and fifty years. And after these things, he gave unto them judges, until Samuel the prophet.

And after that they desired a king: and God gave them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, forty years.

And when he had removed him, he raised them up David to be king: to whom giving testimony, he said: I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man according to my own heart, who shall do all my wills.

Of this man's seed, God, according to his promise, hath raised up to Israel a Saviour Jesus:

John first preaching, before his coming, the baptism of penance to all the people of Israel.

And when John was fulfilling his course, he said: I am not he whom you think me to be. But behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.

Men, brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you fear God: to you the word of this salvation is sent.

For they that inhabited Jerusalem and the rulers thereof, not knowing him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath, judging him, have fulfilled them.

And finding no cause of death in him, they desired of Pilate that they might kill him.

And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, taking him down from the tree, they laid him in a sepulchre.

But God raised him up from the dead the third day.