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As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.

As {G5613} also {G2532} the high priest {G749} doth bear {G3140} me {G3427} witness {G3140}, and {G2532} all {G3956} the estate of the elders {G4244}: from {G3844} whom {G3739} also {G2532} I received {G1209} letters {G1992} unto {G4314} the brethren {G80}, and {G2532} went {G4198} to {G1519} Damascus {G1154}, to bring {G71} them which were {G5607} there {G1566} bound {G1210} unto {G1519} Jerusalem {G2419}, for to {G2443} be punished {G5097}.

The cohen hagadol and the whole Sanhedrin can also testify to this. Indeed, after receiving letters from them to their colleagues in Dammesek, I was on my way there in order to arrest the ones in that city too and bring them back to Yerushalayim for punishment.

as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.

As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and journeyed to Damascus to bring them also that were there unto Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.

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Cross-References

  • Acts 9:1 (5 votes)

    ¶ And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

  • Acts 9:2 (5 votes)

    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.

  • Luke 22:66 (4 votes)

    And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,

  • Acts 5:21 (3 votes)

    And when they heard [that], they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

  • 1 Timothy 4:14 (2 votes)

    Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

  • Acts 22:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence [which I make] now unto you.

  • Acts 9:14 (2 votes)

    And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.