and begged of him letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any that were of the Way, either men or women, he could bind them and bring them to Jerusalem.

And he began at once to proclaim in the synagogues Jesus as the Son of God.

And while they were in Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews.

"For Moses from the earliest times has had his preachers in every town where he is read aloud, Sabbath after Sabbath, in the synagogues."

He argued in the synagogues with the Jews and the devout proselytes, and also daily in the market-place with those that met him there.

"and that neither in the Temple, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city, did they find me disputing with any man or stirring up a crowd.

"In all the synagogues also I punished them oftentimes, and tried to make them blaspheme; and in my mad fury I was pursuing them even to foreign cities.