Acts 9:2 - Tree of Life Version

² He requested letters of introduction from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he might bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² and desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And requested of him letters to the synagogues at Damascus [authorizing him], so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way [of life as determined by faith in Jesus Christ], he might bring them bound [with chains] to Jerusalem.

American Standard Version (1901)

² and asked of him letters to Damascus unto the synagogues, that if he found any that were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

Common English Bible

² seeking letters to the synagogues in Damascus. If he found persons who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, these letters would authorize him to take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² and he petitioned him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that, if he found any men or women belonging to this Way, he could lead them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

Acts 9:2 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 14:15

Then he divided his servants against them at night, and he defeated them and pursued them as far as Hovah, which is north of Damascus.

Isaiah 17:1

The burden of Damascus: Behold, Damascus will cease as a city and will become a ruinous heap.

Jeremiah 49:23

About Damascus: Hamath and Arpad are ashamed, for they heard bad news, They melt away; in the sea there is trouble that cannot be quiet.

Matthew 10:17

But beware of men, for they will hand you over to the courts and flog you in their synagogues.

John 14:6

Yeshua said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life! No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Acts 18:25

He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. With a fervent spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the facts about Yeshua—while only being acquainted with the immersion of John.

Acts 19:23

Around that time, there arose no small uproar concerning the Way.

Acts 19:9

But when they were hardening and refusing to believe, speaking evil of the Way before the whole group, he withdrew from them, taking the disciples with him, debating daily in the hall of Tyrannus.

Acts 24:14

“But this I confess to you, that according to the Way (which they call a sect), I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything written in the Torah and the Prophets.

Acts 24:22

But Felix, having a rather extensive knowledge of the Way, put them off, saying, “When Lysias the commander comes down, I will rule on your case.”

Acts 26:10

And that is what I did in Jerusalem. Not only did I lock up many of the kedoshim in prisons by the authority I received from the ruling kohanim, but I cast my vote against them when they were being condemned to death.

Acts 26:12

“While journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the ruling kohanim,

Acts 6:9

But some men from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen—both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and Asia—stood up and began arguing with Stephen.

Acts 7:19

Dealing with our people with cruel cunning, this king mistreated our fathers and forced them to abandon their infants so they would not survive.

Acts 9:14

And here he has authority from the ruling kohanim to tie up all who call on Your name.”

Acts 9:21

All those hearing him were amazed. They were saying, “Isn’t this the one who made havoc in Jerusalem for all those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to bring them as prisoners before the ruling kohanim?”

2 Corinthians 11:32

In Damascus the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to seize me,

Galatians 1:17

I did not go up to Jerusalem to those who were emissaries before me, either. Instead I went away to Arabia and returned again to Damascus.