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AICNT “In this connection I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.
OEB It was while I was traveling to Damascus on an errand of this kind, entrusted with full powers by the chief priests,
WEBBE “Whereupon as I travelled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
WMBB (Same as above)
NET “While doing this very thing, as I was going to Damascus with authority and complete power from the chief priests,
LSV In which things, also, going on to Damascus—with authority and commission from the chief priests—
FBV That's why one day I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and orders from the chief priests.
TCNT “While engaged in such things, I was on my way to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
T4T “One day, I was on my way to Damascus city to do that. The chief priests in Jerusalem had authorized and sent me to seize the believers there.
LEB In this activity[fn] I was traveling to Damascus with the authority and full power of the chief priests.
BBE Then, when I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and orders of the chief priests,
Moff No Moff ACTs book available
Wymth "While thus engaged, I was travelling one day to Damascus armed with authority and a commission from the High Priests,
ASV Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,
DRA Whereupon when I was going to Damascus with authority and permission of the chief priest,
YLT 'In which things, also, going on to Damascus — with authority and commission from the chief priests —
Drby And when, [engaged] in this, I was journeying to Damascus, with authority and power from the chief priests,
RV Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,
Wbstr Upon which as I went to Damascus, with authority and commission from the chief priests,
KJB-1769 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
KJB-1611 [fn]Whereupon, as I went to Damascus, with authoritie and commission from the chiefe Priests:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)
Bshps About which thynges, as I went to Damascus, with auctoritie and commission of the hye priestes:
(About which things, as I went to Damascus, with authority and commission of the high priests:)
Gnva At which time, euen as I went to Damascus with authoritie, and commission from the hie Priests,
(At which time, even as I went to Damascus with authority, and commission from the high Priests, )
Cvdl Aboute which thinges as I wente towarde Damascon with auctorite and lycence of the hye prestes,
(Aboute which things as I went towarde Damascon with authority and lycence of the high priests,)
TNT About the which thinges as I went to Damasco with auctorite and licence of the hye Prestes
(About the which things as I went to Damasco with authority and licence of the high Priests )
Wycl In whiche, the while Y wente to Damask, with power and suffring of princis of preestis,
(In whiche, the while I went to Damask, with power and suffring of princes of priests,)
Luth Über welchem, da ich auch gen Damaskus reisete mit Macht und Befehl von den Hohenpriestern,
(Über welchem, there I also to/toward Damaskus travelled with Macht and command from the Hohenpriestern,)
ClVg In quibus dum irem Damascum cum potestate et permissu principum sacerdotum,
(In to_whom dum irem Damascum when/with potestate and permissu of_the_princes sacerdotum, )
UGNT ἐν οἷς πορευόμενος εἰς τὴν Δαμασκὸν, μετ’ ἐξουσίας καὶ ἐπιτροπῆς τῆς τῶν ἀρχιερέων,
(en hois poreuomenos eis taʸn Damaskon, met’ exousias kai epitropaʸs taʸs tōn arⱪiereōn,)
SBL-GNT Ἐν ⸀οἷς πορευόμενος εἰς τὴν Δαμασκὸν μετʼ ἐξουσίας καὶ ἐπιτροπῆς ⸀τῆς τῶν ἀρχιερέων
(En ⸀hois poreuomenos eis taʸn Damaskon metʼ exousias kai epitropaʸs ⸀taʸs tōn arⱪiereōn)
TC-GNT Ἐν οἷς [fn]καὶ πορευόμενος εἰς [fn]τὴν Δαμασκὸν μετ᾽ ἐξουσίας καὶ ἐπιτροπῆς τῆς [fn]παρὰ τῶν ἀρχιερέων,
(En hois kai poreuomenos eis taʸn Damaskon met exousias kai epitropaʸs taʸs para tōn arⱪiereōn, )
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Paul Is Imprisoned for the Gospel
As the book of Acts attests, Paul was no stranger to imprisonment, and he catalogued his incarcerations among his many credentials of suffering that affirmed his legitimacy as an apostle to the Corinthians (2 Corinthians 6:4-5). The first mention of Paul being imprisoned is when he and Silas were arrested in Philippi after exorcising a spirit of divination from a slave girl (Acts 16). Paul’s actions angered the girl’s owners, since the men were no longer able to make money off of the girl’s fortune telling abilities. Later in his letter to the Corinthians, Paul notes that he had already suffered multiple imprisonments (2 Corinthians 11:23), making it clear that not all of Paul’s imprisonments and other sufferings were recorded in Scripture. The next imprisonment explicitly mentioned in Scripture is when Paul was arrested in the Temple in Jerusalem at the end of his third missionary journey (Acts 21:27-34). Soon after this Paul was sent to Caesarea on the Mediterranean coast, where he remained in prison for two years (Acts 23-26; see “Paul Is Transferred to Caesarea” map). This may be where Paul penned the letters commonly known as the Prison Epistles (Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon). At the end of this time Paul appealed his case to Caesar and was sent to Rome, where he spent another two years under house arrest awaiting his trial before Caesar (Acts 28:16-31). If Paul did not write his Prison Epistles while he was at Caesarea, then it is likely that he wrote them from Rome during this time. The next time we hear of Paul being imprisoned is likely several years later in his second letter to Timothy (2 Timothy 1:8-17; 2:9; 4:9-21). Though it is not certain, the tone of Paul’s writing during this time of imprisonment, which seems markedly more somber than the optimistic outlook he seems to have about his incarceration during the writing of the Prison Epistles (e.g., Philippians 1:21-26; Philemon 1:22), suggests that this incarceration was not the same as his house arrest. If so, then it is possible that between his first and second incarcerations in Rome Paul fulfilled his intention to travel to Spain to continue spreading the gospel (Romans 15:22-28). Just prior to his second incarceration in Rome, Paul had informed Titus that he planned to spend the winter in Nicopolis northwest of Achaia and asked him to meet him there (Titus 3:12). Perhaps it was around this time or soon after that he was arrested once again and brought to Rome. Paul’s ultimate fate is not noted in Scripture, but tradition (Clement, Dionysius, Eusebius, and Tertullian) attests that this final imprisonment of Paul took place at what is now called Mamertine Prison. During Paul’s time this was the only prison in Rome and was called simply “the Prison,” and it was not typically used for long term incarceration but rather for holding those awaiting imminent execution. There, during the reign of Nero, Paul met his earthly death by the sword and was received into eternal life by his loving Savior, whom he had served so long.