Acts 22:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Acts 22:4

2 And when they heard that he spoke to them in the ^aHebrew language, they kept all the more silent. Then he said:

3 ^a“I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city ^bat the feet of ^cGamaliel, taught ^daccording to the strictness of our fathers’ law, and ^ewas zealous toward God ^fas you all are today.

4 ^aI persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women,

5 as also the high priest bears me witness, and ^aall the council of the elders, ^bfrom whom I also received letters to the brethren, and went to Damascus ^cto bring in chains even those who were there to Jerusalem to be punished.

6 “Now ^ait happened, as I journeyed and came near Damascus at about noon, suddenly a great light from heaven shone around me.

7 And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’

Verse Comparison: Acts 22:4

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American Standard Version
and I persecuted this Way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

Amplified® Bible
[Yes] I harassed (troubled, molested, and persecuted) this Way [of the Lord] to the death, putting in chains and committing to prison both men and women,

Contemporary English Version
I made trouble for everyone who followed the Lord's Way, and I even had some of them killed. I had others arrested and put in jail. I didn't care if they were men or women.

Darby English Version
who have persecuted this way unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women;

Good News Bible
I persecuted to the death the people who followed this Way. I arrested men and women and threw them into prison.

International Standard Version
I persecuted this Way even to the death and kept tying up both men and women and putting them in prison,

King James Version
And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

New American Standard Bible
"I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and putting both men and women into prisons,

New International Version
I persecuted the followers of this Way to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison,

New King James Version
I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and putting both men and women into prisons,

Young's Literal Translation
`And this way I persecuted unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women,

New English Translation
I¹ persecuted this Way² even to the point of death,³ tying up⁴ both men and women and putting⁵ them in prison,

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