Acts 22:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The high priest and all the council members can tell you that this is true. They even gave me letters to the Jewish leaders in Damascus, so that I could arrest people there and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.

Cross References

Luke 22:66

At daybreak the nation's leaders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law of Moses got together and brought Jesus before their council.

Acts 1:15

One day there were about a hundred and twenty of the Lord's followers meeting together, and Peter stood up to speak to them.

Acts 13:26

Now listen, you descendants of Abraham! Pay attention, all you Gentiles who are here to worship God! Listen to this message about how to be saved, because it is for everyone.

Acts 2:29

My friends, it is right for me to speak to you about our ancestor David. He died and was buried, and his tomb is still here.

Acts 22:1

“My friends and leaders of our nation, listen as I explain what happened!”

Acts 23:1

Paul looked straight at the council members and said, “My friends, to this day I have served God with a clear conscience!”

Acts 23:6

When Paul saw that some of the council members were Sadducees and others were Pharisees, he shouted, “My friends, I am a Pharisee and the son of a Pharisee. I am on trial simply because I believe that the dead will be raised to life.”

Acts 26:10

I did this first in Jerusalem, and with the authority of the chief priests I put many of God's people in jail. I even voted for them to be killed.

Acts 26:11

I often had them punished in our meeting places, and I tried to make them give up their faith. In fact, I was so angry with them, that I went looking for them in foreign cities.

Acts 26:12

King Agrippa, one day I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and permission of the chief priests.

Acts 28:17

Three days after we got there, Paul called together some of the Jewish leaders and said: My friends, I have never done anything to hurt our people, and I have never gone against the customs of our ancestors. But in Jerusalem I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans.

Acts 28:21

The leaders replied, “No one from Judea has written us a letter about you. And not one of them has come here to report on you or to say anything against you.

Acts 3:17

My friends, I am sure that you and your leaders didn't know what you were doing.

Acts 4:5

The next morning the leaders, the elders, and the teachers of the Law of Moses met in Jerusalem.

Acts 5:21

So they went into the temple before sunrise and started teaching. The high priest and his men called together their council, which included all Israel's leaders. Then they ordered the apostles to be brought to them from the jail.

Acts 9:14

Now the chief priests have given him the power to come here and arrest anyone who worships in your name.”

Galatians 1:13

You know how I used to live as a Jew. I was cruel to God's church and even tried to destroy it.

Philippians 3:6

And I was so eager that I even made trouble for the church. I did everything the Law demands in order to please God.

1 Timothy 4:14

Use the gift you were given when the prophets spoke and the group of church leaders blessed you by placing their hands on you.