Acts 22:5
As also the high priest bears me witness, and all the eldership; from whom, moreover, I received letters to the brethren, and was journeying to Damascus, to bring also those who were there bound to Jerusalem, that they might be punished.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
4And I persecuted this Way unto death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
Cross References
Acts 4:5And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,
Acts 9:1BUT Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
Acts 13:26Men, brethren, children of the race of Abraham, and whoever among you fears God, to you the word of this salvation was sent forth.
Acts 26:10Which I also did in Jerusalem; and many of the saints did I myself shut up in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
Acts 28:21And they said to him: We neither received letters from Judaea concerning thee, nor did any one of the brethren that came, report or speak any evil concerning thee.
1 Timothy 4:14Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee through prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the eldership.
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 →