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Acts 26:12
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10 aThis I also did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority bfrom the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.  
11 aAnd I punished them often in every synagogue and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.  

Paul Recounts His Conversion

12 a“While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,  
13 at midday, O king, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me.
14 And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
15 So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
16 But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, ato make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you.  
17 I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, ato whom I now send you,  
18 ato open their eyes, in order bto turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, cthat they may receive forgiveness of sins and dan inheritance among those who are esanctified by faith in Me.’  

Paul’s Post-Conversion Life

19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
20 but adeclared first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and do bworks befitting repentance.  
21 For these reasons the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
Verse Comparison: Acts 26:12

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American Standard Version
Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,

Amplified® Bible
Thus engaged I proceeded to Damascus with the authority and orders of the chief priests,

Contemporary English Version
King Agrippa, one day I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and permission of the chief priests.

Darby English Version
And when, [engaged] in this, I was journeying to Damascus, with authority and power from the chief priests,

Good News Bible
"It was for this purpose that I went to Damascus with authority and orders from the chief priests.

International Standard Version
"That is how I happened to be traveling to Damascus with authority based on a commission from the high priests.

King James Version
Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

New American Standard Bible
"While so engaged as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,

New International Version
"On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.

New King James Version
"While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"While so engaged as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,

Young's Literal Translation
`In which things, also, going on to Damascus -- with authority and commission from the chief priests --


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