Acts 9:2

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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.

Cross References

Genesis 14:15

And dividing his company, he rushed upon them in the night. And he struck them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

Isaiah 17:1

The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city, and it will be like a heap of stones in ruin.

Jeremiah 49:23

Against Damascus. "Hamath has been confounded, with Arpad. For they have heard a most grievous report. They have been stirred up like the sea. Because of anxiousness, they were not able to rest.

Matthew 10:17

But beware of men. For they will hand you over to councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.

John 14:6

Jesus 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

He was learned in the Way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching the things that are of Jesus, but knowing only the baptism of John.

Acts 19:23

Now at that time, there occurred no small disturbance concerning the Way of the Lord.

Acts 19:9

But when certain ones became hardened and would not believe, cursing the Way of the Lord in the presence of the multitude, Paul, withdrawing from them, separated the disciples, disputing daily in a certain school of Tyrannus.

Acts 24:14

But I confess this to you, that according to that sect, which they call a heresy, so do I serve my God and Father, believing all that is written in the Law and the Prophets,

Acts 24:22

Then Felix, after having ascertained much knowledge about this Way, kept them waiting, by saying, "When Lysias the tribune has arrived, I will give you a hearing."

Acts 26:10

This is also how I acted at Jerusalem. And so, I enclosed many holy persons in prison, having received authority from the leaders of the priests. And when they were to be killed, I brought the sentence.

Acts 26:12

Thereafter, as I was going to Damascus, with authority and permission from the high priest,

Acts 6:9

But certain ones, from the synagogue of the so-called Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those who were from Cilicia and Asia rose up and were disputing with Stephen.

Acts 7:19

This one, encompassing our kindred, afflicted our fathers, so that they would expose their infants, lest they be kept alive.

Acts 9:14

And he has authority here from the leaders of the priests to bind all who invoke your name."

Acts 9:21

And all who heard him were astonished, and they said, "Is this not the one who, in Jerusalem, was fighting against those invoking this name, and who came here for this: so that he might lead them away to the leaders of the priests?"

2 Corinthians 11:32

At Damascus, the governor of the nation under Aretas the king, watched over the city of the Damascenes, so as to apprehend me.

Galatians 1:17

Neither did I go to Jerusalem, to those who were Apostles before me. Instead, I went into Arabia, and next I returned to Damascus.