12"On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.


In Context

9 "I too was convinced that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

10 And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.

11 Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished, and I tried to force them to blaspheme. In my obsession against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.

12 "On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.

13 About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, blazing around me and my companions.

14 We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'

Acts 26:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:12Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:12Whereupon when I was going to Damascus with authority and permission of the chief priest,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:12Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:12And when, engaged in this, I was journeying to Damascus, with authority and power from the chief priests,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:12Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:12Upon which as I went to Damascus, with authority and commission from the chief priests,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:12|Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:12In which things, also, going on to Damascus — with authority and commission from the chief priests —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:12Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,