Acts 22:5

Good News Translation

The High Priest and the whole Council can prove that I am telling the truth. I received from them letters written to fellow Jews in Damascus, so I went there to arrest these people and bring them back in chains to Jerusalem to be punished.

Cross References

Luke 22:66

When day came, the elders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law met together, and Jesus was brought before the Council.

Acts 1:15

A few days later there was a meeting of the believers, about a hundred and twenty in all, and Peter stood up to speak.

Acts 13:26

“My fellow Israelites, descendants of Abraham, and all Gentiles here who worship God: it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent!

Acts 2:29

“My friends, I must speak to you plainly about our famous ancestor King David. He died and was buried, and his grave is here with us to this very day.

Acts 22:1

“My fellow Jews, listen to me as I make my defense before you!”

Acts 23:1

Paul looked straight at the Council and said, “My fellow Israelites! My conscience is perfectly clear about the way in which I have lived before God to this very day.”

Acts 23:6

When Paul saw that some of the group were Sadducees and the others were Pharisees, he called out in the Council, “Fellow Israelites! I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees. I am on trial here because of the hope I have that the dead will rise to life!”

Acts 26:10

That is what I did in Jerusalem. I received authority from the chief priests and put many of God's people in prison; and when they were sentenced to death, I also voted against them.

Acts 26:11

Many times I had them punished in the synagogues and tried to make them deny their faith. I was so furious with them that I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.

Acts 26:12

“It was for this purpose that I went to Damascus with authority and orders from the chief priests.

Acts 28:17

After three days Paul called the local Jewish leaders to a meeting. When they had gathered, he said to them, “My fellow Israelites, even though I did nothing against our people or the customs that we received from our ancestors, I was made a prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.

Acts 28:21

They said to him, “We have not received any letters from Judea about you, nor have any of our people come from there with any news or anything bad to say about you.

Acts 3:17

“And now, my friends, I know that what you and your leaders did to Jesus was due to your ignorance.

Acts 4:5

The next day the Jewish leaders, the elders, and the teachers of the Law gathered in Jerusalem.

Acts 5:21

The apostles obeyed, and at dawn they entered the Temple and started teaching. The High Priest and his companions called together all the Jewish elders for a full meeting of the Council; then they sent orders to the prison to have the apostles brought before them.

Acts 9:14

And he has come to Damascus with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who worship you.”

Galatians 1:13

You have been told how I used to live when I was devoted to the Jewish religion, how I persecuted without mercy the church of God and did my best to destroy it.

Philippians 3:6

and I was so zealous that I persecuted the church. As far as a person can be righteous by obeying the commands of the Law, I was without fault.

1 Timothy 4:14

Do not neglect the spiritual gift that is in you, which was given to you when the prophets spoke and the elders laid their hands on you.