Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

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

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,

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,

New Heart English Bible

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

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 a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia by birth, but I had my education in this town at the feet of Gamaliel, being trained in the keeping of every detail of the law of our fathers; given up to the cause of God with all my heart, as you are today. 4 And I made attacks on this Way, even to death, taking men and women and putting them in prison. 5 Of which the high priest will be a witness, and all the rulers, from whom I had letters to the brothers; and I went into Damascus, to take those who were there as prisoners to Jerusalem for punishment.

Cross References

Acts 22:19-20

And I said, Lord, they themselves have knowledge that I went through the Synagogues putting in prison and whipping all those who had faith in you:

Acts 26:9-11

For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Acts 7:58

Driving him out of the town and stoning him: and the witnesses put their clothing at the feet of a young man named Saul.

Acts 8:1-4

And Saul gave approval to his death. Now at that time a violent attack was started against the church in Jerusalem; and all but the Apostles went away into all parts of Judaea and Samaria.

Acts 9:1-2

But Saul, still burning with desire to put to death the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

Acts 9:13-14

But Ananias said, Lord, I have had accounts of this man from a number of people, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem:

Acts 9:21

And all those hearing him were full of wonder and said, Is not this the man who in Jerusalem was attacking all the worshippers of this name? and he had come here so that he might take them as prisoners before the chief priests.

Acts 16:17

She came after Paul and us, crying out and saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who are giving you news of the way of salvation.

Acts 18:26

And he was preaching in the Synagogue without fear. But Priscilla and Aquila, hearing his words, took him in, and gave him fuller teaching about the way of God.

Acts 19:9

But because some of the people were hard-hearted and would not give hearing, saying evil words about the Way before the people, he went away from them, and kept the disciples separate, reasoning every day in the school of Tyrannus.

Acts 19:23

And about that time a great outcry took place about the Way.

Acts 24:14

But this I will say openly to you, that I do give worship to the God of our fathers after that Way, which to them is not the true religion: but I have belief in all the things which are in the law and in the books of the prophets:

1 Corinthians 15:9

For I am the least of the Apostles, having no right to be named an Apostle, because of my cruel attacks on the church of God.

Philippians 3:6

In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail.

1 Timothy 1:13-15

Though I had said violent words against God, and done cruel acts, causing great trouble: but I was given mercy, because I did it without knowledge, not having faith;

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