Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

While so engaged as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,

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 these circumstances with authority and a commission from the chief priests.

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,

NET Bible

"While doing this very thing, as I was going to Damascus with authority and complete power from 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 --

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

as

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

I went
πορεύομαι 
Poreuomai 
go, depart, walk, go way,
Usage: 101

to
εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267

Δαμασκός 
Damaskos 
Usage: 14

with
μετά 
meta 
with, after, among, hereafter , afterward , against, not tr,
Usage: 346

ἐξουσία 
Exousia 
Usage: 79

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

ἐπιτροπή 
Epitrope 
Usage: 1

παρά 
Para 
of, with, from, by ... side, at, than,
Usage: 145

Context Readings

Paul Makes His Defense Before King Agrippa

11 And as I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and being furiously enraged at them, I kept pursuing them even to foreign cities. 12 While so engaged as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests, 13 at midday, O King, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining all around me and those who were journeying with me.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:8-10

So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and sent letters to the elders and to the nobles who were living with Naboth in his city.

Psalm 94:20-21

Can a throne of destruction be allied with You,
One which devises mischief by decree?

Isaiah 10:1

Woe to those who enact evil statutes
And to those who constantly record unjust decisions,

Jeremiah 26:8

When Jeremiah finished speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, “You must die!

Jeremiah 29:26-27

“The Lord has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, to be the overseer in the house of the Lord over every madman who prophesies, to put him in the stocks and in the iron collar,

John 7:45-48

The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?”

John 11:57

Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he was to report it, so that they might seize Him.

Acts 9:1-8

Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

Acts 22:5-11

as also the high priest and all the Council of the elders can testify. From them I also received letters to the brethren, and started off for Damascus in order to bring even those who were there to Jerusalem as prisoners to be punished.

Acts 26:10

And this is just what I did in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, but also when they were being put to death I cast my vote against them.

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