Parallel Verses

New Heart English Bible

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

New American Standard Bible

I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and putting both men and women into prisons,

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and putting both men and women in jail,

International Standard Version

I persecuted this Way, even executing people, and kept tying up both men and women and putting them in prison,

A Conservative Version

And I persecuted this Way as far as death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

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,

An Understandable Version

And I persecuted this 'Way' [even to the point of] putting people to death. [I had] both men and women bound [in chains] and locked up in prisons.

Anderson New Testament

And I persecuted this way to the death, binding and delivering into prison both men and women,

Bible in Basic English

And I made attacks on this Way, even to death, taking men and women and putting them in prison.

Common New Testament

I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prison both men and women,

Daniel Mace New Testament

for I persecuted this sect even to death, throwing them into chains and prisons both men and women:

Darby Translation

who have persecuted this way unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women;

Godbey New Testament

who after this way persecuted unto death, binding and committing to prison both men and women;

Goodspeed New Testament

I persecuted this Way even to the death, and bound both men and women and put them in prison,

John Wesley New Testament

And I persecuted this way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women: As likewise the high priest is my witness, and all the estate of the elders:

Julia Smith Translation

Who drove out this way even to death, binding and delivering to prison both men and women.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

{I} persecuted this Way to the death, tying up and delivering to prison both men and women,

Modern King James verseion

I persecuted this Way as far as death, binding and delivering both men and women into prisons;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and I persecuted this way unto the death: binding, and delivering into prison both men and women,

Moffatt New Testament

I persecuted this Way of religion to the death, chaining and imprisoning both men and women,

Montgomery New Testament

"I persecuted to the death this way, continually binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women.

NET Bible

I persecuted this Way even to the point of death, tying up both men and women and putting them in prison,

Noyes New Testament

And I persecuted this way [of belief] even to death, binding and putting into prisons both men and women,

Sawyer New Testament

and I persecuted this way to death, binding and committing to prison both men and women,

The Emphasized Bible

and, this way, I persecuted unto the death, binding and delivering up into prisons both men and women: -

Thomas Haweis New Testament

so much so that I persecuted this way unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women.

Twentieth Century New Testament

In my persecution of this Cause I did not stop even at the taking of life. I put in chains, and imprisoned, men and women alike--

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

I persecuted to death this new faith, continually binding both men and women and throwing them into prison;

Williams New Testament

I persecuted this Way even to the death, and kept on binding both men and women and putting them in jail,

World English Bible

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

Worrell New Testament

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

Worsley New Testament

And I persecuted those of this persuasion even unto death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

Youngs Literal Translation

'And this way I persecuted unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And
ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

διώκω 
Dioko 
Usage: 28

οὗτος οὗτοι αὕτη αὕται 
Houtos 
this, these, he, the same, this man, she, they,
Usage: 258

way
ὁδός 
Hodos 
Usage: 75

ἄχρι ἄχρις 
Achri 
until, unto, till, till 9 , until 9, while 9, even to,
Usage: 43

the death
θάνατος 
Thanatos 
Usage: 100

δεσμεύω 
Desmeuo 
Usage: 1

and



and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

παραδίδωμι 
Paradidomi 
Usage: 75

εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267

φυλακή 
Phulake 
Usage: 35

τε 
Te 
and, both, then, whether, even, also, not tr s
Usage: 170

men
ἀνήρ 
Aner 
man, husband, sir, fellow, not tr
Usage: 198

References

American

Easton

Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

Paul Defends Himself

3 "I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict manner of the Law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are this day. 4 I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. 5 As also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.

Cross References

Acts 22:19-20

I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.

Acts 26:9-11

"I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Acts 7:58

They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

Acts 8:1-4

Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the church which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

Acts 9:1-2

But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

Acts 9:13-14

But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem.

Acts 9:21

All who heard him were amazed, and said, "Is not this he who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests."

Acts 16:17

She followed Paul and us, shouting, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation."

Acts 18:26

He began to speak 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 19:9

But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the crowd, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.

Acts 19:23

About that time there arose no small stir concerning the Way.

Acts 24:14

But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the Law, and which are written in the Prophets;

1 Corinthians 15:9

For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

Philippians 3:6

concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.

1 Timothy 1:13-15

although I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

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