Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"That is how I happened to be traveling to Damascus with authority based on a commission from the high priests.
New American Standard Bible
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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
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 --
Themes
Converts » Instances of » Sergius paulus
Damascus » Paul's experiences in
Gentiles/heathen » The apostle of the gentiles/heathen
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 26:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paul Makes His Defense Before King Agrippa
11 I would even punish them frequently in every synagogue and try to make them blaspheme. Raging furiously against them, I would hunt them down even in distant cities. 12 "That is how I happened to be traveling to Damascus with authority based on a commission from the high priests. 13 On the road at noon, O King, I saw a light from heaven that was brighter than the sun. It flashed around me and those who were traveling with me.
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Cross References
1 Kings 21:8-10
So she wrote some memos in Ahab's name, set his personal seal to them, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.
Psalm 94:20-21
Will destructive national leaders, who plan wicked things through misuse of the Law, be allied with you?
Isaiah 10:1
"How terrible it will be for the one who enacts unjust decrees, for those who write oppressive laws that they have prescribed
Jeremiah 26:8
As soon as Jeremiah finished saying everything that the LORD had commanded him to say to all the people, the priests, the prophets, and all the people seized him, telling him as they did: "You must certainly die!
Jeremiah 29:26-27
The LORD made you a priest instead of Jehoiada the priest to serve in the LORD's Temple as an official against every crazy prophet, and to put him in stocks and restraints.
John 7:45-48
Then the officers returned to the high priests and Pharisees, who asked them, "Why didn't you bring him?"
John 11:57
Now the high priests and the Pharisees had given orders that whoever knew where he was should tell them so that they could arrest him.
Acts 9:1-8
Meanwhile, still spewing death threats against the Lord's disciples, Saul went to the high priest.
Acts 22:5-11
as the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. I also received letters from them to the brothers in Damascus, and I was going there to tie up those who were there and bring them back to Jerusalem to be punished.
Acts 26:10
That is what I did in Jerusalem. I received authority from the high priests and locked many of the saints in prison. And when I cast my vote against them, they were put to death.