Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 26:11

11 And I punished them oft in every sy[illegible: 2 letters]gogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.

Paul confesses that he compelled them to blaspheme, either, 1. by the Torments he made them to be put unto; or, 2. by his own example: for he confessed, that he had been a blasphemer himself, 1 Tim. 1.13.

This blasphemy was either, 1. denying of Christ to be the Messiah; or, 2. Cursing or Execrating of Christ, and acknowledging that he was justly condemned.

Drove them out of Ierusalem and Iudea; and according to what Paul then believed, he drave them from the worship of the true God, and said, in effect, as Davids Adversaries when they expelled him from Ierusalem, Go▪ and serve other Gods, 1 Sam. 26.19.