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

2And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew dialect, they became even more quiet; and he said, 3“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated under Gamaliel, strictly according to the law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today. I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and putting both men and women into prisons, 5as also the high priest and all the Council of the elders can testify. From them I also received letters to the brethren, and started off for Damascus in order to bring even those who were there to Jerusalem as prisoners to be punished. 6“But it happened that as I was on my way, approaching Damascus about noontime, a very bright light suddenly flashed from heaven all 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

• I persecutedδιώκωdiōkō · to pursueG1377
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• Wayὁδόςhodos · roadG3598
• to the deathθάνατοςthanatos · deathG2288
• bindingδεσμεύωdesmeuō · to bindG1195
• and puttingπαραδίδωμιparadidōmi · to deliverG3860
• bothτεte · and/bothG5037
• menἀνήρanēr · manG435
• and womenγυνήgunē · womanG1135
• into prisonsφυλακήphulakē · prison/watch: prisonG5438

Cross-references for Acts 22:4

• Acts 22:19And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves understand that in one synagogue after another I used to imprison and beat those who believed in You.
• Acts 7:58When they had driven him out of the city, they began stoning him; and the witnesses laid aside their robes at the feet of a young man named Saul.
• Acts 8:1Saul was in hearty agreement with putting him to death. And on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
• Acts 9:1Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
• Acts 26:9“So then, I thought to myself that I had to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
• 1 Corinthians 15:9For I am the least of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
• Philippians 3:6as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless.
• 1 Timothy 1:13even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief;
• Acts 16:17Following after Paul and us, she kept crying out, saying, “These men are bond-servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.”
• Acts 18:26and he began to speak out boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
• Acts 19:9But when some were becoming hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the people, he withdrew from them and took away the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.
• Acts 24:14But this I admit to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect I do serve the God of our fathers, believing everything that is in accordance with the Law 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

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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