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Acts 22:5

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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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ὡςhōsasG5613 →
καὶkaialsoG2532 →
ὁhotheG3588 →
ἀρχιερεὺςarchiereushigh priestG749 →
μαρτυρεῖmartureibears witnessG3140 →
μοιmoito meG3165 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
πᾶνpanallG3956 →
τὸtotheG3588 →
πρεσβυτέριον,presbuterionelderhood,G4244 →
παρ᾽par᾽fromG3844 →
ὧνhōnwhomG3739 →
καὶkaialsoG2532 →
ἐπιστολὰςepistolaslettersG1992 →
δεξάμενοςdexamenoshaving receivedG1209 →
πρὸςprostoG4314 →
τοὺςtoustheG3588 →
ἀδελφοὺςadelphousbrothersG80 →
εἰςeistoG1519 →
ΔαμασκὸνDamaskonDamascusG1154 →
ἐπορευόμην,eporeuomēnI was on my wayG4198 →
ἄξωνaxōngoing to bringG71 →
καὶkaialsoG2532 →
τοὺςtousthoseG3588 →
ἐκεῖσεekeisethereG1566 →
ὄνταςontasbeingG1510 →
δεδεμένουςdedemenousboundG1210 →
εἰςeistoG1519 →
ἸερουσαλὴμIerousalēmJerusalemG2419 →
ἵναinain order thatG2443 →
τιμωρηθῶσιν.timōrēthōsinthey may be punished.G5097 →

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Acts 9:1–2Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priestLuke 22:66At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, met together. They led Jesus into their Sanhedrin and said,Acts 23:1Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to this day.”Acts 5:21At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.Acts 22:30The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.Acts 26:5They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.Acts 26:11I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.Acts 28:21The leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from there reported or even mentioned anything bad about you.Acts 22:1“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”Acts 9:14And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”Romans 9:3–4For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,Acts 26:10And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.Acts 13:26Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.Acts 26:12In this pursuit I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.Acts 4:5The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,1 Timothy 4:14Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.Acts 28:17After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.Acts 23:6Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”

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