Acts 9:2
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9:2and requested letters from him to the synagogues3 in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way,4 either men or women, he could bring them as prisoners5 to Jerusalem.6
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- 3 See the note on synagogue in .
- 4 The expression “the way” in ancient religious literature refers at times to “the whole way of life fr. a moral and spiritual viewpoint” ( ὁδός 3.c), and it has been so used of Christianity and its teachings in the book of Acts (see also 19:9, 23; 22:4; 24:14, 22). It is a variation of Judaism’s idea of two ways, the true and the false, where “the Way” is the true one ( 91:18; 30:15).
- 5 Grk “bring them bound”; the translation “bring someone as prisoner” for δεδεμένον ἄγειν τινά (dedemenon agein tina) is given by δέω 1.b.
- 6 From Damascus to Jerusalem was a six-day journey. Christianity had now expanded into Syria. For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .
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and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women who belonged to the Way, he might bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
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NLTNew Living Translation
He requested letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, asking for their cooperation in the arrest of any followers of the Way he found there. He wanted to bring them—both men and women—back to Jerusalem in chains.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
and asked for letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, both men and women, he could bring them tied up to Jerusalem.
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KJV 1900King James Version
And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
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