Acts 9:14

Good News Translation

And he has come to Damascus with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who worship you."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And he has authority here from the chief priests to arrest all who call on your name.”

King James Version (1611)
And here he hath authoritic from the chiefe Priests, to binde all that call on thy Name.

King James Version
And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.

English Standard Version
And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name."

New American Standard Bible
and here he has authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name."

New Century Version
Now he has come here to Damascus, and the leading priests have given him the power to arrest everyone who worships you."

Amplified Bible
and here [in Damascus] he has authority from the high priests to put in chains all who call on Your name [confessing You as Savior]."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your name."

Legacy Standard Bible
And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your name."

Berean Standard Bible
And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name."

Contemporary English Version
Now the chief priests have given him the power to come here and arrest anyone who worships in your name."

Complete Jewish Bible
and here he has a warrant from the head cohanim to arrest everyone who calls on your name."

Darby Translation
and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call upon thy name.

Easy-to-Read Version
Now he has come here to Damascus. The leading priests have given him the power to arrest all people who trust in you."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Moreouer here hee hath authoritie of the hie Priestes, to binde all that call on thy Name.

George Lamsa Translation
And behold here also he has authority from the high priests to bind all who call on your name.

Lexham English Bible
and here he has authority from the chief priests to tie up all who call upon your name!"

Literal Translation
And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all the ones calling on Your name.

American Standard Version
and here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call upon thy name.

Bible in Basic English
And here he has authority from the chief priests to make prisoners all who give worship to your name.

Hebrew Names Version
Here he has authority from the chief Kohanim to bind all who call on your name."

International Standard Version
He is here with authority from the high priests to put in chains all who call on your name."Acts 7:59; 9:21; 22:16; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 2 Timothy 2:22;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And behold, here also he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all those who invoke thy name.

Murdock Translation
And, lo, here also, he hath authority from the chief priests, to bind all them that call on thy name.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And here he hath aucthoritie of ye hye priestes, to bynde all yt call on thy name.

English Revised Version
and here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call upon thy name.

World English Bible
Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And here also he hath authority from the chief priests, to bind all that call on thy name.

Weymouth's New Testament
and here he is authorized by the High Priests to arrest all who call upon Thy name."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and this hath power of the princis of preestis, to bynde alle men that clepen thi name to helpe.

Update Bible Version
and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on your name.

Webster's Bible Translation
And here he hath authority from the chief priests, to bind all that call on thy name.

New English Translation
and here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison all who call on your name!"

New King James Version
And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your name."

New Living Translation
And he is authorized by the leading priests to arrest everyone who calls upon your name."

New Life Bible
He came here with the right and the power from the head religious leaders to put everyone in chains who call on Your name."

New Revised Standard
and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who invoke your name."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, here, he hath authority from the High-priests to bind all them that call upon thy name.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that invoke thy name.

Revised Standard Version
and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call upon thy name."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and here he hath auctorite of the hye prestes to bynde all that call on thy name.

Young's Literal Translation
and here he hath authority from the chief priests, to bind all those calling on Thy name.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And here hath he auctorite of the hye prestes, to bynde all those yt call vpon thy name.

Mace New Testament (1729)
and is impower'd by the chief priests, to imprison all that make profession of thy name.

Simplified Cowboy Version
He has a warrant out for every cowboy who follows you."

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ There was a believer in Damascus named Ananias. He had a vision, in which the Lord said to him, "Ananias!" "Here I am, Lord," he answered. ¹¹ The Lord said to him, "Get ready and go to Straight Street, and at the house of Judas ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul. He is praying, ¹² and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come in and place his hands on him so that he might see again." ¹³ Ananias answered, "Lord, many people have told me about this man and about all the terrible things he has done to your people in Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And he has come to Damascus with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who worship you." ¹⁵ The Lord said to him, "Go, because I have chosen him to serve me, to make my name known to Gentiles and kings and to the people of Israel. ¹⁶ And I myself will show him all that he must suffer for my sake." ¹⁷ So Ananias went, entered the house where Saul was, and placed his hands on him. "Brother Saul," he said, "the Lord has sent me—Jesus himself, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here. He sent me so that you might see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit." ¹⁸ At once something like fish scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he was able to see again. He stood up and was baptized; ¹⁹ and after he had eaten, his strength came back. Saul stayed for a few days with the believers in Damascus.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

here: Acts 9:2, Acts 9:3

call: Acts 9:21, Acts 7:59,*Gr: Acts 22:16, Romans 10:12-14, 1 Corinthians 1:2, 2 Timothy 2:22

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 16:8 - call Psalms 105:1 - call Matthew 2:22 - he was Matthew 4:23 - teaching Mark 13:9 - take Acts 9:16 - for Acts 9:17 - Brother Acts 22:4 - I persecuted Acts 22:5 - also Acts 26:10 - having Galatians 1:13 - how 2 Timothy 2:19 - Let Revelation 2:13 - my name

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And here he hath authority from the chief priests,.... His fury and madness against the saints did not stop at Jerusalem, but he had received a commission from the sanhedrim to go to Damascus, where he now was:

to bind all that call on thy name; to take up all such persons and put them in bonds, and carry them bound to Jerusalem, whom he should find either praying to Christ, as God, as the first Christians used to do, and which is no inconsiderable proof of the deity of Christ; or professing the name of Christ, or were called by it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I have heard by many ... - This was in the vision, Acts 9:10. The passage of such a train of thoughts through the mind was perfectly natural at the command to go and search out Saul. There would instantly occur all that had been heard of his fury in persecution; and the expression here may indicate the state of a mind amazed that such a one should need his counsel, and afraid, perhaps, of entrusting himself to one thus bent on persecution. All this evidently passed in the dream or vision of Ananias, and perhaps cannot be considered as any deliberate unwillingness to go to him. It is clear, however, that such thoughts should have been banished, and that he should have gone at once to the praying Saul. When Christ commands, we should suffer no suggestion of our own thoughts, and no apprehension of our own danger, to interfere.

By many - Probably many who had fled from persecution, and had taken refuge in Damascus. It is also evident Acts 9:14 that Ananias had been apprised, perhaps by letters from the Christians at Jerusalem, of the purpose which Saul had in view in now going to Damascus.

To thy saints - Christians; called saints ἅγιοι hagioi because they are holy, or consecrated to God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 9:14. And here he hath authority, c.] Ananias had undoubtedly heard of Saul's coming, and the commission he had received from the chief priests and he was about to urge this as a reason why he should have no connection with so dangerous a man.