Acts 22:5

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The high priest and the whole Council could tell you this themselves. I even asked them to write official letters to their friends in Damascus so I could go there and bring Jesus’ followers as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.

Cross References

Luke 22:66

At dawn the council of the elders of the people, which included the chief priests and teachers of the law, gathered together. Jesus was led before the council.

Acts 5:21

The apostles went into the temple courtyard early the next day, as they had been told, and they began to teach the people. The high priest and his friends arrived at the temple and called together the assembly of all the elders of Israel, the Sanhedrin. They sent their officers to the jail to get the apostles,

1 Timothy 4:14

Don’t fail to use the gift that the Holy Spirit gave you through a prophecy from God when the elders placed their hands on you.

Acts 28:21

They replied, “We haven’t received any letters from Judea about you. And none of our people who have come here from Judea has reported or said anything bad about you.

Acts 26:12

“On one of those trips I was going to Damascus with letters from the chief priests saying I could act for them.

Acts 26:10

That’s just what I was doing in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests, I put many of the Lord’s people in prison. When they were brought to trial, I cast my vote to have them killed.

Acts 22:1

“Brothers and fathers,” Paul said, “listen to me now. I want to explain my actions.”

Acts 13:26

“Listen, fellow children of Abraham! Listen, you Gentiles who worship God! This message of salvation has been sent to us.

Acts 9:14

Now he has come here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all those who worship you.”

Acts 4:5

The next day the rulers, the elders, and the teachers of the law met in Jerusalem.

Acts 1:15

In those days there were about 120 believers. Peter stood up among them to speak.

Acts 2:29

“Fellow Israelites, I assure you that King David died and was buried. His tomb is still here today.

Acts 3:17

“My fellow Israelites, I know that you and your leaders didn’t realize what you were doing.

Acts 23:1

Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin. “My brothers,” he said, “I’ve always done my duty to God. To this day I feel that I have done nothing wrong.”

Acts 23:6

Paul knew that some of them were Sadducees and others were Pharisees. So he called out to the members of the Sanhedrin, “My brothers, I’m a Pharisee. I come from a family of Pharisees. I’m on trial because I believe that people will rise from the dead.”

Acts 26:11

I often went from one synagogue to another to find them and punish them. I even tried to force them to speak against Jesus. I wanted so badly to hurt them that I even made trips to foreign cities to look for them.

Acts 28:17

Three days later Paul called a meeting of the local Jewish leaders. When they came, Paul said to them, “My brothers, I have done nothing against our people or the customs we’ve had since long ago. But I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.

Galatians 1:13

You’ve heard how I lived earlier as a follower of Judaism. I attacked the church of God mercilessly, and I tried to destroy it.

Philippians 3:6

As for being strict about the law, I’m a Pharisee. As for zeal, I opposed and attacked the church. As far as keeping the law is concerned, I kept it perfectly.