Acts 22:4
“And I persecuted this way vnto the death, binding and deliuering into prisons both men and women,”
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Acts 22:4 Context
2(And when they heard that hee spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,) 3I am verely a man which am a Iew, borne in Tarsus a citie in Cilicia, yet brought vp in this citie at the feete of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect maner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous towards God, as ye all are this day. 4And I persecuted this way vnto the death, binding and deliuering into prisons both men and women, 5As also the high Priest doth beare me witnesse, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I receiued letters vnto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there, bound vnto Hierusalem, for to be punished. 6And it came to passe, that as I made my iourney, & was come nigh vnto Damascus about noone, suddenly there shone from heauen a great light round about me.
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Other Translations
And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
- King James Version
"I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and putting both men and women into prisons,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
and I persecuted this Way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And I made attacks on this Way, even to death, taking men and women and putting them in prison.
- Basic English Bible
who have persecuted this way unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women;
- Darby Bible
And I persecuted this way even to death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
- Webster's Bible
I persecuted to death this new faith, continually binding both men and women and throwing them into prison;
- Weymouth Bible
I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
- World English Bible
And Y pursuede this weie til to the deth, byndynge and bitakinge `in to holdis men and wymmen,
- Wycliffe Bible
`And this way I persecuted unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women,
- Youngs Literal Bible
- King James Version
"I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and putting both men and women into prisons,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
and I persecuted this Way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And I made attacks on this Way, even to death, taking men and women and putting them in prison.
- Basic English Bible
who have persecuted this way unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women;
- Darby Bible
And I persecuted this way even to death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
- Webster's Bible
I persecuted to death this new faith, continually binding both men and women and throwing them into prison;
- Weymouth Bible
I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
- World English Bible
And Y pursuede this weie til to the deth, byndynge and bitakinge `in to holdis men and wymmen,
- Wycliffe Bible
`And this way I persecuted unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Acts 22:4
22:4 And persecuted this way - With the same zeal that you do now. Binding both men and women - How much better was his condition, now he was bound himself.
People's Bible Notes for Acts 22:4
Ac 22:4 I persecuted this way. He did this from his zeal towards God, whom he thought he thus served. Unto the death. This seems to imply that Stephen was not the only martyr in whose death he was an accomplice.