Acts 9:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² asked from him letters to the congregations of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, to bring them bound to Yerushalayim.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² and desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And requested of him letters to the synagogues at Damascus [authorizing him], so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way [of life as determined by faith in Jesus Christ], he might bring them bound [with chains] to Jerusalem.

American Standard Version (1901)

² and asked of him letters to Damascus unto the synagogues, that if he found any that were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

Common English Bible

² seeking letters to the synagogues in Damascus. If he found persons who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, these letters would authorize him to take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² and he petitioned him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that, if he found any men or women belonging to this Way, he could lead them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

Acts 9:2 Cross References

Genesis 14:15

And he and his servants divided against them by night, and smote them and pursued them as far as Ḥ

Isaiah 17:1

The message concerning Damascus. “See, Damascus ceases to be a city, and shall become a heap of ruins.

Jeremiah 49:23

Concerning Damascus: “Ḥ

Matthew 10:17

“But beware of men, for they shall deliver you up to sanhedrins and flog you in their congregations.

John 14:6

יהושע  said to him, “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Acts 18:25

This one had been instructed in the way of the Master. And being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching the matters about the Master exactly, though he knew only the immersion of Yoḥ

Acts 19:23

And about that time there came to be a great commotion about the Way.

Acts 19:9

But when some were hardened and did not believe, speaking evil of the Way before the crowd, he withdrew from them and separated the taught ones, reasoning daily in the school of Turannos.

Acts 24:14

“And this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the Elohim of my fathers, believing all that has been written in the Torah and in the Prophets,

Acts 24:22

And having heard this, having known more exactly about the Way, Felix put them off, saying, “When Lysias the commander comes down, I shall decide your case.”

Acts 26:10

which also I did in Yerushalayim, and I shut up many of the set-apart ones in prison, having received authority from the chief priests. And when they were put to death, I gave my vote against them.

Acts 26:12

“While thus engaged, as I was journeying to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

Acts 6:9

But some of those of the so-called Congregation of the Freedmen (Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and those from Kilikia and Asia), rose up, disputing with Stephanos,

Acts 7:19

“Having dealt treacherously with our race, this one mistreated our fathers, making them expose their babies, so that they should not live.

Acts 9:14

and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all those calling on Your Name.”

Acts 9:21

And all who heard were amazed, and said, “Is this not he who destroyed those calling on this Name in Yerushalayim, and has come here for this, to take them bound to the chief priests?”

2 Corinthians 11:32

In Damascus the governor, under Aretas the sovereign, was guarding the city of the Damascenes, wishing to seize me,

Galatians 1:17

neither did I go up to Yerushalayim, to those who were emissaries before me. But I went to Araḇ