Acts 22:4

Acts 22:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
• New International Version (NIV)I persecuted the followers of this Way to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison,
• English Standard Version (ESV)I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering to prison both men and women,
• New King James Version (NKJV)I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women,

Context of Acts 22:4

2When they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew dialect, they became even more quiet. And he continued, 3“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strictness of the law of our fathers, being ardent and passionate for God just as all of you are today. I persecuted and pursued the followers of this Way to the death, binding them with chains and putting [followers of Jesus] both men and women into prisons, 5as the high priest and all the Council of the elders (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) can testify; because from them I received letters to the brothers, and I was on my way to Damascus in order to bring those [believers] who were there to Jerusalem in chains to be punished. 6“But as I was on my way, approaching Damascus about noontime, a great blaze of light suddenly flashed from heaven and shone around me.

Acts 22:4 word by word

ὃς ταύτην τὴν ὁδὸν ἐδίωξα ἄχρι θανάτου δεσμεύων καὶ παραδιδοὺς εἰς φυλακὰς ἄνδρας τε καὶ γυναῖκας,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• I persecutedδιώκωdiōkō · to pursueG1377
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• wayὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• wayὁδόςhodos · roadG3598
• untoἄχριachri achris · untilG891
• the deathθάνατοςthanatos · deathG2288
• bindingδεσμεύωdesmeuō · to bindG1195
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• deliveringπαραδίδωμιparadidōmi · to deliverG3860
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• prisonsφυλακήphulakē · prison/watch: prisonG5438
• bothτεte · and/bothG5037
• menἀνήρanēr · manG435
• womenγυνήgunē · womanG1135

Cross-references for Acts 22:4

• Acts 22:19And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know [without any doubt] that in one synagogue after another I used to imprison and beat those who believed in You [and Your message of salvation].
• Acts 7:58Then they drove him out of the city and began stoning him; and the witnesses placed their outer robes at the feet of a young man named Saul.
• Acts 8:1Saul wholeheartedly approved of Stephen’s death. And on that day a great and relentless persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem; and the believers were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.
• Acts 9:1Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord [and relentless in his search for believers], went to the high priest,
• Acts 26:9“So then, I [once] thought to myself that it was my duty to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
• 1 Corinthians 15:9For I am the least [worthy] of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I [at one time] fiercely oppressed and violently persecuted the church of God.
• Philippians 3:6as to my zeal [for Jewish tradition], a persecutor of the church; and as to righteousness [supposed right living] which [my fellow Jews believe] is in the Law, I proved myself blameless.
• 1 Timothy 1:13even though I was formerly a blasphemer [of our Lord] and a persecutor [of His church] and a shameful and outrageous and violent aggressor [toward believers]. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted out of ignorance in unbelief.
• Acts 16:17She followed after Paul and us and kept screaming and shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God! They are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”
• Acts 18:26and he began to speak boldly and fearlessly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained more accurately to him the way of God [and the full story of the life of Christ].
• Acts 19:9But when some were becoming hardened and disobedient [to the word of God], discrediting and speaking evil of the Way (Jesus, Christianity) before the congregation, Paul left them, taking the disciples with him, and went on holding daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus [instead of in the synagogue].
• Acts 24:14But I confess this to you, that according to the Way, which they call a [divisive and heretical] sect, I do worship and serve the God of our fathers, [confidently] believing everything that is in accordance with the Law [of Moses] and that is written in the Prophets;

Commentaries on Acts 22:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4I persecuted this way - ̔ ; This doctrine, the way of worshipping God, and arriving at a state of blessedness. See on Acts 9:2; (note). Binding and delivering into prisons - See on Acts 8:3; (note); Acts 9:2; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4And I persecuted - Acts 8:3. This way - Those who were of this mode of worshipping God; that is, Christians. See the notes on Acts 9:2. Unto the death - Intending to put them to death. He did not probably put any to death himself, but he committed them to prison; he sought their lives; he was the agent employed in arresting them; and when they were put to death, he tells us that he gave his voice against them Acts 26:10; that is, he joined in, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-21Paul gives his most complete defense of his life and faith before his own people in Jerusalem. This speech shows his flexibility as a missionary, just as his message to the Greek philosophers in Athens also did (17:22–31; see 1 Corinthians 9:20–23). He begins by showing his close connection with his audience. He explains his Jewish background and his training under Gamaliel the Elder (a respected Jewish teacher). He also describes his strong desire to…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. I persecuted, &c.--(See on Ac 9:1,2; Ac 9:5-7).Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 22:4

• Bigotry
• Paul
• Way

In the dictionaries

• Antonia
• Hence
• James
• Persecute
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• Acts of the Apostles
• Apostolic Age
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• Paul, the Apostle

Commentaries on Acts 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings