I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
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I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
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And I persecuted this way vnto the death, binding and deliuering into prison both men and women.
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Passages linked to Acts 22:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Acts 22:19-20 I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you. When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.’
- Acts 26:9-11 “I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. I also did this in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them. Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
- 1 Timothy 1:13-15 although I used to be a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
- Acts 8:1-4 Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles. Devout men buried Stephen and lamented greatly over him. But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house and dragged both men and women off to prison. Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around preaching the word.
- Acts 16:17 Following Paul and us, she cried out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!”
- 1 Corinthians 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.
- Acts 7:58 They threw him out of the city and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
- Acts 9:1-2 But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
- Acts 9:13-14 But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem. Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.”
- Acts 9:21 All who heard him were amazed, and said, “Isn’t this he who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests!”
- Acts 18:26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
- Acts 19:9 But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.
- Acts 19:23 About that time there arose no small disturbance concerning the Way.
- Acts 24:14 But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;
- Philippians 3:6 concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 4. I persecuted this way. This is the second…
4. I persecuted this way. This is the second point, that he was an enemy to Christ’s doctrine, and that he was more fervent in resisting the same than all the rest, until he was pulled back by the hand of God; which thing he saith the chief priests and elders can testify. Therefore, there can be no suspicion in such a sudden change. Whereas he saith, that he had letters given him to deliver to the brethren, it must be referred unto the Jews, as if he had called them his countrymen; but he meant to appease them with a more honorable title. For this is Paul’s drift, that he may declare his natural and lawful beginning which he took of that nation; and also how desirous he was to be linked with them in friendship.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 4 And I persecuted this way unto the death,…
4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
Ver. 4. {See Trapp on "Act 9:1"}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain This way; the doctrine and practice of Christianity.
This way; the doctrine and practice of Christianity.
Unto the death; as much as in him lies, being one of the most furious persecutors, that hunted for the precious life, breathing out threatenings and slaughters with every breath, Act 9:1.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And I persecuted this way unto the death,.... That…
And I persecuted this way unto the death,.... That is, the Christian religion, and the professors of it; whom the apostle breathed out threatenings and slaughter against, haled out of their houses, and committed to prison; consented to their death, as he did to Stephen's; and whenever it was put to the vote, whether they should die or not, he gave his voice against them; so that he was a most bitter enemy, and an implacable persecutor of them; which shows how very averse he was to this way, and how great his prejudices were against it; wherefore it must be a work of divine power, and there must be the singular hand of God in it, to reconcile him to it, and cause him to embrace and profess it:
binding and delivering into prisons, both men and women: see Act 8:3.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain And persecuted this way - With the same zeal…
And persecuted this way - With the same zeal that you do now. Binding both men and women - How much better was his condition, now he was bound himself.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 4. I persecuted this way] Ταυτην την ὁδον;…
Verse 4. I persecuted this way] Ταυτην την ὁδον; This doctrine, the way of worshipping God, and arriving at a state of blessedness. See Clarke on Ac 9:2.
Binding and delivering into prisons] See Clarke on Ac 8:3; and See Clarke on Ac 9:2.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain And I persecuted - Act 8:3.
And I persecuted - Act 8:3.
This way - Those who were of this mode of worshipping God; that is, Christians. See the notes on Act 9:2.
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Unto the death - Intending to put them to death. He did not probably put any to death himself, but he committed them to prison; he sought their lives; he was the agent employed in arresting them; and when they were put to death, he tells us that he gave his voice against them Act 26:10; that is, he joined in, and approved of their condemnation.
Delivering into prisons ... - Act 8:3.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain This way. That is, the Christian faith, which now…
This way. That is, the Christian faith, which now I profess. (Witham)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain I persecuted, &c.--(See on Act 9:1-2; Act 9:5-7).
I persecuted, &c.--(See on Act 9:1-2; Act 9:5-7).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 4. This way—As yet Christianity had received no normal…
4. This way—As yet Christianity had received no normal and permanent name. Hence this vague phrase repeatedly.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 4. And I persecuted this way, &c.] On “the…
4. And I persecuted this way, &c.] On “the Way” as the designation of the Christian religion, cp. note on Act_9:2 We are not told of any Christians who were put to death through Saul’s zealous persecution, for in the case of Stephen he was not a very active agent, but his own statement in this verse, and the stronger expression Act_26:10, “when they were put to death I gave my voice against them,” make it certain that the persecutions in which he took part were carried beyond imprisonment even to the martyrdom of the accused.
into prisons] The original has the plural “prisons,” and it is probably intended to express by it, what in chap. 26 is given in more detail, the wide field over which Saul’s zeal was exerted, “being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.”
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (4) And I persecuted this way.—The speaker obviously uses…
(4) And I persecuted this way.—The speaker obviously uses the current colloquial term (see Notes on Act_9:2; Act_19:23), used by the disciples as indicating that they had found in Christ the way of eternal life; used, it may be, by others with a certain tone of scorn, as of people who had chosen their own way, and must be left to take it.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain I persecuted. (see 1Co_15:9; 1Ti_1:13; Act_26:11) This Way. (see…
I persecuted. (see 1Co_15:9; 1Ti_1:13; Act_26:11) This Way. (see Act_9:2 Act_18:25 Act_19:9, Act_19:23) Unto the death. (comp. Act_9:1) Binding, etc.. (comp. Act_8:3 Act_9:2)
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 4, 5. I persecuted this way. He did this…
4, 5. I persecuted this way. He did this from his zeal towards God, whom he thought he thus served. Unto the death. This seems to imply that Stephen was not the only martyr in whose death he was an accomplice.
The high priest doth bear me witness. The high priest in a.d. 37, the time Saul of Tarsus was sent to Damascus, was not now high priest, having been deposed by the Romans, but was probably a member of the Sanhedrim at this time. It is also probable that the present high priest personally knew about all facts. There were many present who knew that he had been a commissioned persecutor.
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain See notes on verse 3
See notes on verse 3
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