Parallel Verses
NET Bible
"While doing this very thing, as I was going to Damascus with authority and complete power from the chief priests,
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
Holman Bible
“I was traveling to Damascus under
International Standard Version
"That is how I happened to be traveling to Damascus with authority based on a commission from the high priests.
A Conservative Version
And during which, while going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,
American Standard Version
Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,
Amplified
“While so engaged, as I was traveling to Damascus with the authority and commission and full power of the chief priests,
An Understandable Version
"While on a journey to Damascus for this purpose, I was acting under the authority and directive of the leading priests.
Anderson New Testament
While I was engaged in these things, and was going to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
Bible in Basic English
Then, when I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and orders of the chief priests,
Common New Testament
"On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.
Daniel Mace New Testament
with such views, authorized by commission from the high priests, I was on the road to Damascus:
Darby Translation
And when, engaged in this, I was journeying to Damascus, with authority and power from the chief priests,
Godbey New Testament
Meanwhile journeying to Damascus with power and authority of the chief priests, I saw on the way, O king,
Goodspeed New Testament
I was once going to Damascus on this business, authorized and commissioned by the high priests,
John Wesley New Testament
Whereupon as I was going to Damascus,
Julia Smith Translation
In which also going to Damascus with authority, and superintendence from the chief priests,
King James 2000
Thus as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
Lexham Expanded Bible
In {this activity} I was traveling to Damascus with the authority and full power of the chief priests.
Modern King James verseion
In which pursuit also traveling to Damascus with authority and power of decision from the chief priests,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
About the which things: as I went to Damascus with authority, and commission from license of the high priests,
Moffatt New Testament
I was travelling to Damascus on this business, with authority and a commission from the high priests,
Montgomery New Testament
"On this errand I was traveling to Damascus one day, armed with authority and commission of the chief priests,
New Heart English Bible
"Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
Noyes New Testament
And as I was going to Damascus on this business, with authority and a commission from the chief priests,
Sawyer New Testament
In which [persecutions] also, going to Damascus with authority, and a commission from the chief priests,
The Emphasized Bible
Among which things, being on a journey unto Damascus, with the authority and commission of the High-priests,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
In which pursuits, even as I was going to Damascus with authority and a commission from the chief priests,
Twentieth Century New Testament
It was while I was traveling to Damascus on an errand of this kind, entrusted with full powers by the Chief Priests,
Webster
Upon which as I went to Damascus, with authority and commission from the chief priests,
Weymouth New Testament
"While thus engaged, I was travelling one day to Damascus armed with authority and a commission from the High Priests,
Williams New Testament
While in this business I once was on my way to Damascus with authority based on a commission from the high priests,
World English Bible
"Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
Worrell New Testament
Meanwhile as I was journeying to Damascus, with authority and a commission from the high priests,
Worsley New Testament
On which accounts as I was going to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests---at mid-day,
Youngs Literal Translation
In which things, also, going on to Damascus -- with authority and commission from the chief priests --
Themes
Converts » Instances of » Sergius paulus
Damascus » Paul's experiences in
Gentiles/heathen » The apostle of the gentiles/heathen
Interlinear
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Exousia
References
Watsons
Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 26:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paul Makes His Defense Before King Agrippa
11 I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to force them to blaspheme. Because I was so furiously enraged at them, I went to persecute them even in foreign cities. 12 "While doing this very thing, as I was going to Damascus with authority and complete power from the chief priests, 13 about noon along the road, Your Majesty, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining everywhere around me and those traveling with me.
Names
Cross References
1 Kings 21:8-10
She wrote out orders, signed Ahab's name to them, and sealed them with his seal. She then sent the orders to the leaders and to the nobles who lived in Naboth's city.
Psalm 94:20-21
Cruel rulers are not your allies, those who make oppressive laws.
Isaiah 10:1
Those who enact unjust policies are as good as dead, those who are always instituting unfair regulations,
Jeremiah 26:8
Jeremiah had just barely finished saying all the Lord had commanded him to say to all the people. All at once some of the priests, the prophets, and the people grabbed him and shouted, "You deserve to die!
Jeremiah 29:26-27
"The Lord has made you priest in place of Jehoiada. He has put you in charge in the Lord's temple of controlling any lunatic who pretends to be a prophet. And it is your duty to put any such person in the stocks with an iron collar around his neck.
John 7:45-48
Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, "Why didn't you bring him back with you?"
John 11:57
(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.)
Acts 9:1-8
Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats to murder the Lord's disciples, went to the high priest
Acts 22:5-11
as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. From them I also received letters to the brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to make arrests there and bring the prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.
Acts 26:10
And that is what I did in Jerusalem: Not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons by the authority I received from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote against them when they were sentenced to death.