Acts 22:4

² When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared,

³ “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today.

I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,

⁵ as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.

⁶ About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,
KJV: And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
WEB: I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women,
ASV: and I persecuted this Way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
DARBY: who have persecuted this way unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women;
BLB: who persecuted this Way as far as death, binding and delivering to prisons both men and women,

ÅB: jeg forfulgte Guds vei til døden, bandt og kastet i fengsel både menn og kvinner,
OTB: Jeg forfulgte denne Veien nådeløst, bandt og satte både menn og kvinner i fengsler,
B1930: jeg forfulgte Guds vei til døden, bandt og kastet i fengsel både menn og kvinner,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Acts 22:19–20
‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.
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1 Timothy 1:13–15
I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
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Acts 26:9–11
So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
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Acts 8:1–4
And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
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1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
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Acts 16:17
This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”
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Philippians 3:6
as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
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Acts 19:23
About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.
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