Acts 9:2

God's Word

and asked him to write letters of authorization to the synagogue leaders in the city of Damascus. Saul wanted to arrest any man or woman who followed the way ⌞of Christ⌟ and imprison them in Jerusalem.

Cross References

Genesis 14:15

He split up his men to attack them at night. He defeated them, pursuing them all the way to Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

Isaiah 17:1

This is the divine revelation about Damascus. “Damascus will no longer be a city. It will become a pile of rubble.

Jeremiah 49:23

This is a message about Damascus. “Hamath and Arpad are worried because they heard the bad news. They melt in fear. They are troubled like a sea that can’t be calmed.

Matthew 10:17

Watch out for people who will hand you over to the Jewish courts and whip you in their synagogues.

John 14:6

Jesus answered him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one goes to the Father except through me.

Acts 18:25

He had been instructed in the Lord’s way and spoke enthusiastically. He accurately taught about Jesus but knew only about the baptism John performed.

Acts 19:23

During that time a serious disturbance concerning the way ⌞of Christ⌟ broke out in the city of Ephesus.

Acts 19:9

But when some people became stubborn, refused to believe, and had nothing good to say in front of the crowd about the way ⌞of Christ⌟, he left them. He took his disciples and held daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

Acts 24:14

But I’ll admit to you that I’m a follower of the way ⌞of Christ⌟, which they call a sect. This means that I serve our ancestors’ God and believe everything written in Moses’ Teachings and the Prophets.

Acts 24:22

Felix knew the way ⌞of Christ⌟ rather well, so he adjourned the trial. He told them, “When the officer Lysias arrives, I’ll decide your case.”

Acts 26:10

That is what I did in Jerusalem. By the authority I received from the chief priests, I locked many Christians in prison. I voted to have them killed every time a vote was taken.

Acts 26:12

“I was carrying out these activities when I went to the city of Damascus. I had the power and authority of the chief priests.

Acts 6:9

⌞One day⌟ some men from the cities of Cyrene and Alexandria and the provinces of Cilicia and Asia started an argument with Stephen. They belonged to a synagogue called Freedmen’s Synagogue.

Acts 7:19

This king was shrewd in the way he took advantage of our people. He mistreated our ancestors. He made them abandon their newborn babies outdoors, where they would die.

Acts 9:14

Saul has come here to Damascus with authority from the chief priests to put anyone who calls on your name in prison.”

Acts 9:21

Everyone who heard him was amazed. They asked, “Isn’t this the man who destroyed those who worshiped the one named Jesus in Jerusalem? Didn’t he come here to take these worshipers as prisoners to the chief priests ⌞in Jerusalem⌟?”

2 Corinthians 11:32

The governor under King Aretas put guards around the city of Damascus to catch me.

Galatians 1:17

I didn’t even go to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was. Instead, I went to Arabia and then came back to Damascus.