Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Acts 22:4

"and I persecuted this Way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women." — Acts 22:4 (ASV)

As evidence of his zeal for God and the Jewish religion, Paul cites his earlier persecution of Christians (cf. comments on 9:1–2). The ascription “this way” picks up what was the earliest self-designation of the first believers in Jesus at Jerusalem—namely, “those of the Way” (cf. comment on 9:2).