Acts 22:5
Of which the high priest will be a witness, and all the rulers, from whom I had letters to the brothers; and I went into Damascus, to take those who were there as prisoners to Jerusalem for punishment.
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4And I made attacks on this Way, even to death, taking men and women and putting them in prison.
Cross References
Acts 4:5And on the day after, the rulers and those in authority and the scribes came together in Jerusalem;
Acts 9:1But Saul, still burning with desire to put to death the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
Acts 13:26My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God, to us the word of this salvation is sent.
Acts 26:10And this I did in Jerusalem: and numbers of the saints I put in prison, having had authority given to me from the chief priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my decision against them.
Acts 28:21And they said to him, We have not had letters from Judaea about you, and no one of the brothers has come to us here to give an account or say any evil about you.
1 Timothy 4:14Make use of that grace in you, which was given to you by the word of the prophets, when the rulers of the church put their hands on you.
Matthew Henry on Acts 22:4-22
Paul's First Defence. 3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. 4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. 5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to… Read the whole commentary →