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.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    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.

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

    and desyred of him letters to Damasco to the synagoges: that yf he founde eny of this waye whether they were men or wemen he myght bringe them bounde vnto Ierusalem.

  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

    And desired of him letters to Damascus to the Synagogues, that if he found any that were of that way (either men or women) hee might bring them bound vnto Hierusalem.

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Cross-references (9)

Passages linked to Acts 9:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • 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;
  • Acts 22:4-5 I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. As also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.
  • Acts 24:22 But Felix, having more exact knowledge concerning the Way, deferred them, saying, “When Lysias, the commanding officer, comes down, I will decide your case.”
  • Acts 9:14 Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.”
  • Acts 18:25 This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.
  • Esther 3:8-13 Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different from other people’s. They don’t keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not for the king’s profit to allow them to remain. If it pleases the king, let it be written that they be destroyed; and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who are in charge of the king’s business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.” The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy. The king said to Haman, “The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.” Then the king’s scribes were called in on the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month; and all that Haman commanded was written to the king’s local governors, and to the governors who were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus, and it was sealed with the king’s ring. Letters were sent by couriers into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to plunder their possessions.
  • Acts 26:12 “Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,

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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 2. And Luke describeth therewithal that he was furnished…

2. And Luke describeth therewithal that he was furnished with weapons and power to do hurt, when as he saith that he had obtained letters of the highest priest, that he might bring all those bound to Jerusalem whom he should find professing the name of Christ. There is mention made of women, that it may the better appear how desirous he was to shed blood who had no respect of sex whom even armed enemies are wont to spare in the heat of war. Therefore he setteth forth before us a fierce and cruel beast who had not only liberty given him to rage, but had also his power increased to devour and destroy godly men, as if a madman had a sword put into his hand. Whereas I have translated it sect, Luke hath way, which metaphor is common enough in the Scriptures. Therefore Paul’s purpose was quite to put out the name of Christ by destroying all the godly cruelly.

John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.

Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Any trade of life which a man taketh himself…
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain To the synagogues; this council, though it sat at…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And desired of him letters to Damascus,.... Damascus was…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Bound - By the connivance, if not authority, of…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 2. Letters to Damascus to the synagogues] Damascus,…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain And desired of him - This shows the intensity…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain desired . . . letters--of authorization.
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 2. Letters—When the Romans, on their way to universal…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 2. and desired of him letters] These are the…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (2) And desired of him letters to Damascus.—We learn…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Asked for desired, A.V; unto for to, A.V.; any…
B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 2. Desired of him letters. A commission and letter…
Alexander MacLaren 1905 · Public Domain
J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain See notes on verse 1
C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain of this way
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 9:2 The synagogues (Greek sunagōgē, “gathering place”) were local…

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