Acts 22:4 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 22:4

I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

4 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Acts (1107)

"A zealot," he says. Since Paul had already spoken many praises of himself, he summarizes: "As you all are today." But pay attention to how many witnesses he appeals to: both the elders, and the high priest, and the citizens. Up to this point he …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

And persecuted this way - With the same zeal that you do now. Binding both men and women - How much better was his condition, now he was bound himself.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And perhaps he mentions it to justify God in his present trouble; how unrighteous soever those were that persecuted him, God was righteous, who permitted them to do it, for time was when he was a persecutor; and he may have a further view in it to invite and encourage those people to repent, for he himself had been a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and yet obtained mercy.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I persecuted this way - Ταυτην την ὁδον; This doctrine, the way of worshipping God, and arriving at a state of blessedness. See on Act 9:2 (note). Binding and delivering into prisons - See on Act 8:3 (note); Act 9:2 (note).

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὃς	hos	who	G3739 →
ταύτην	tautēn	this	G3778 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
ὁδὸν	hodon	Way	G3598 →
ἐδίωξα	ediōxa	persecuted	G1377 →
ἄχρι	achri	as far as	G891 →
θανάτου	thanatou	death	G2288 →
δεσμεύων	desmeuōn	binding	G1195 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
παραδιδοὺς	paradidous	betraying	G3860 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
φυλακὰς	phulakas	prisons	G5438 →
ἄνδρας	andras	men	G435 →
τε	te	both	G5037 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
γυναῖκας,	gunaikas	women,	G1135 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
leads to
- Ephesians 3:7–8
  I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.
- 1 Timothy 1:13–15
  I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
- 2 Corinthians 12:11
  I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
- Acts 8:3
  But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
Through
Acts 16:17
This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”
leads to
- John 14:6
  Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- 1 Peter 2:16
  Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
- Mark 5:7
  And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”
- Daniel 6:20
  When he reached the den, he cried out in a voice of anguish, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the…

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Acts

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Acts