Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Lysias » Chief captain of roman troops in jerusalem
But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,
And when Felix heard these things, having more complete knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the rest of your matter.
Way » Figurative » Doctrines taught by Christ
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.
But this I confess unto you, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
And when Felix heard these things, having more complete knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the rest of your matter.
And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.
And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.