Veprat e Apostujve 22:5

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sikurse jep dëshmi për mua kryeprifti dhe gjithë sinedri i pleqve, prej të cilëve mora edhe letra për vëllezërit dhe shkova në Damask për të sjellë të lidhur në Jeruzalem ata që ishin atje, që të ndëshkoheshin.

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also: Acts 9:1, Acts 9:2, Acts 9:14, Acts 26:10, Acts 26:12

and all: Acts 4:5, Acts 5:21, Luke 22:66

the brethren: Acts 22:1, Romans 9:3, Romans 9:4

Reciprocal: Luke 11:49 - and some Acts 22:30 - commanded Acts 23:1 - earnestly Acts 26:5 - if 1 Corinthians 15:9 - because Galatians 1:13 - how

Gill's Notes on the Bible

As also the high priest doth bear me witness,.... Either Annas, or Caiaphas, who was at that time high priest; and it should seem by this, that he was still in being; or else that the apostle had preserved his letter, written with his own hand, which he was able to produce at any time, as a testimony of the truth of what he had said, or was about to say; since he speaks of him (as now) bearing him witness, or as one that could:

and all the estate of the elders; the whole Jewish sanhedrim, for this character respects not men in years, but men in office, and such who were members of the high court of judicature in Jerusalem;

from whom also I received letters unto the brethren; some render it "against the brethren", as if the Christians were meant; whereas the apostle intends the Jews of the synagogue at Damascus, whom the apostle calls brethren; because they were of the same nation, and his kinsmen according to the flesh; and, at that time, of the same religion and principles with him; and this is put out of doubt, by the Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, which render it, "the brethren that were at Damascus": and these letters were to recommend him to them, and to empower him to persecute the Christians, and to demand and require their assistance in it; the Ethiopic version calls them, "letters of power"; and it seems from hence, that these letters were received from the whole sanhedrim, as well as from the high priest, and were signed by both:

and went to Damascus to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished: with stripes, or with death, as they should be judged worthy; see Acts 9:2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As also the high priest ... - See the notes on Acts 9:2.

All the estate of the elders - Greek: all the presbytery; that is, the whole body of the Sanhedrin, or Great Council of the nation.

Unto the brethren - The Jewish brethren who were at Damascus. Paul here speaks as a Jew, and regards his countrymen as his brethren.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 22:5. The high priest doth bear me witness, c.] He probably referred to the letters of authority which he had received from the high priest, and the whole estate of the elders, παν το πρεσβυτεριον, the whole of the presbytery, that is, the sanhedrin and it is likely, that he had those letters to produce. This zeal of his against Christianity was an ample proof of his sincerity as a Pharisaical Jew.