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Summary

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.

The brethren

Bible References

Also

Acts 9:1
BUT Saul, still breathing out threatenings and murder against the disciples of the Lord, applying to the high-priest,
Acts 26:10
Which also I did at Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were killed, I gave my vote against them.

And all

Acts 4:5
Now it came to pass that the next morning, their rulers, and elders, and scribes, were assembled at Jerusalem,
Acts 5:21
Having heard this therefore, they entered very early in the morning into the temple, and taught. But when the high-priest came, and those who were with him, they convoked the sanhedrim, and all the assembly of elders of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to bring them.
Luke 22:66
And when the day broke, the elders of the people and the chief priests and scribes assembled, and brought him into their sanhedrim, saying,

The brethren

Acts 22:1
MEN, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my apology which I now offer unto you.
Romans 9:3
For could I myself wish that an anathema should be from Christ upon my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh?