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and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
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An Official Persecution
Saul's mission wasn't a personal vendetta; it was officially sanctioned. Commentators explain he received 'letters' from the high priest and Sanhedrin, giving him legal authority to arrest Jews in a foreign city and bring them to Jerusalem for trial. Some scholars suggest Saul sincerely believed he was serving God by purifying Israel from what he saw as a dangerous heresy, expecting divine approval for his actions.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And desired of him. This shows the intensity of his wish to persecute the Christians, that he was willing to ask for such an empl…
Asked (ηιτησατο). First aorist middle indicative, the indirect middle, asked for himself (as a favour to himself). Felten notes th…
19th Century
Anglican
And asked him for letters to Damascus.—We learn from 2 Corinthians 11:32–33 that Damascus was at this time under the g…
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Baptist
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…
The account of Saul’s conversion opens with the picture of him “still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples” (cf. 8:3). Even…
16th Century
Protestant
And Luke also describes that Saul was equipped with weapons and power to do harm, for Luke says that Saul had obtained letters from the hi…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And desired of him letters to Damascus Damascus was the head or metropolis of Syria, (Isaiah 7:8) And so Pliny
Saul was so misinformed that he thought he should do all he could against the name of Christ, believing he was serving God by doing so; he seemed t…
