And desired of him letters to Dammesek to the Synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Yerushalayim.
Then Y'shuw`a said unto the chief kohanim, and captains of the Temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?