Acts 26:12

Mace New Testament

with such views, authorized by commission from the high priests, I was on the road to Damascus:

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“I was traveling to Damascus under these circumstances with authority and a commission from the chief priests.

King James Version (1611)
Whereupon, as I went to Damascus, with authoritie and commission from the chiefe Priests:

King James Version
Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

English Standard Version
"In this connection I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.

New American Standard Bible
"While so engaged, as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,

New Century Version
"One time the leading priests gave me permission and the power to go to Damascus.

Amplified Bible
"While so engaged, as I was traveling to Damascus with the authority and commission and full power of the chief priests,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"While so engaged as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,

Legacy Standard Bible
"While so engaged as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,

Berean Standard Bible
In this pursuit, I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.

Contemporary English Version
King Agrippa, one day I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and permission of the chief priests.

Complete Jewish Bible
"On one such occasion, I was traveling to Dammesek with the full authority and power of the head cohanim.

Darby Translation
And when, [engaged] in this, I was journeying to Damascus, with authority and power from the chief priests,

Easy-to-Read Version
"One time the leading priests gave me permission and the authority to go to the city of Damascus.

Geneva Bible (1587)
At which time, euen as I went to Damascus with authoritie, and commission from the hie Priests,

George Lamsa Translation
I was on the way to Damascus for this purpose, with authority and commission from the chief priests, when,

Good News Translation
"It was for this purpose that I went to Damascus with authority and orders from the chief priests.

Lexham English Bible
In this activity I was traveling to Damascus with the authority and full power of the chief priests.

Literal Translation
In which also traveling to Damascus with authority and decision power from the chief priests,

American Standard Version
Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,

Bible in Basic English
Then, when I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and orders of the chief priests,

Hebrew Names Version
"Whereupon as I journeyed to Dammesek with the authority and commission from the chief Kohanim,

International Standard Version
"That is how I happened to be traveling to Damascus with authority based on a commission from the high priests.Acts 9:3; 22:6;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And while going on this account to Darmsuk, with authority and permission from the great priests,

Murdock Translation
And, as I was going for this purpose to Damascus, with the authority and license of the chief priests,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
About which thynges, as I went to Damascus, with auctoritie and commission of the hye priestes:

English Revised Version
Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,

World English Bible
"Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Whereupon as I was going to Damascus,

Weymouth's New Testament
"While thus engaged, I was travelling one day to Damascus armed with authority and a commission from the High Priests,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In whiche, the while Y wente to Damask, with power and suffring of princis of preestis,

Update Bible Version
Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,

Webster's Bible Translation
Upon which as I went to Damascus, with authority and commission from the chief priests,

New English Translation
"While doing this very thing, as I was going to Damascus with authority and complete power from the chief priests,

New King James Version
Acts 9:1-19; 22:6-16">[xr] "While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

New Living Translation
"One day I was on such a mission to Damascus, armed with the authority and commission of the leading priests.

New Life Bible
"When I was going to Damascus to do this, I had the right and the power from the head religious leaders to make it hard for the followers.

New Revised Standard
"With this in mind, I was traveling to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Among which things, being on a journey unto Damascus, with the authority and commission of the High-priests,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Whereupon, when I was going to Damascus with authority and permission of the chief priest,

Revised Standard Version
"Thus I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
About the which thinges as I went to Damasco with auctorite and licence of the hye Prestes

Young's Literal Translation
`In which things, also, going on to Damascus -- with authority and commission from the chief priests --

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Aboute which thinges as I wente towarde Damascon with auctorite and lycence of the hye prestes,

THE MESSAGE
"One day on my way to Damascus, armed as always with papers from the high priests authorizing my action, right in the middle of the day a blaze of light, light outshining the sun, poured out of the sky on me and my companions. Oh, King, it was so bright! We fell flat on our faces. Then I heard a voice in Hebrew: ‘Saul, Saul, why are you out to get me? Why do you insist on going against the grain?'

Simplified Cowboy Version
"I was headed to Damascus on one of these missions. I was armed with the authority and commission of the church.

Contextual Overview

¹² with such views, authorized by commission from the high priests, I was on the road to Damascus: ¹³ when at mid-day, O king, a light from heaven exceeding the splendor of the sun, broke all around me, and those that accompanied me. ¹⁴ we were all struck down: when I heard a voice directed to me pronounce these words in the Hebrew tongue, "Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me? it is dangerous for thee to kick against the goad." ¹⁵ I answer'd, who art thou, Lord? he said, "I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest. ¹⁶ but rise upright upon thy feet: for I have appear'd to thee in order to establish you my minister in testifying both what you have seen, and what I shall hereafter show to you, ¹⁷ by delivering you from this people, and from the Gentiles to whom I now send thee, to open their eyes, ¹⁸ and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and partake of the inheritance of the saints, by believing on me." ¹⁹ this heavenly vision, king Agrippa, I presently obey'd: ²⁰ first I warn'd the people of Damascus, of Jerusalem, of all Judea, and then the Gentiles, to repent, and turn to God, by acting suitably to their repentance. ²¹ for such a conduct the Jews seiz'd upon me in the temple, designing to assassinate me;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

as: Acts 9:1, Acts 9:2, Acts 22:5

with: Acts 26:10, 1 Kings 21:8-10, Psalms 94:20, Psalms 94:21, Isaiah 10:1, Jeremiah 26:8, Jeremiah 29:26, Jeremiah 29:27, John 7:45-48, John 11:57

Reciprocal: Acts 9:3 - as Acts 22:6 - that

Cross-References

Matthew 13:8
but another part falling upon good soil, became fruitful, some grains yielding an hundred, some sixty, and some thirty.

Matthew 13:23
but the ground that received the grain, represents those, who hear the word, and consider it, who all become fruitful, some in one degree, and some in another.

Mark 4:8
but part of it fell on good ground, which sprang up, and grew so fruitful, that some grains produced thirty, others sixty, and some an hundred.

1 Corinthians 3:6
I have planted, Apollos watered: but God gave the increase.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Whereupon as I went to Damascus,.... Being intent, upon the above said things, to punish the saints, compel them to blaspheme, imprison them, and even put them to death on account of these things; upon this errand and business he went to Damascus, the chief city of Syria, where he knew there were many that believed in Christ, who had removed from Jerusalem thither, on account of the persecution, or were settled there before:

with authority and commission from the chief priests; the Jewish sanhedrim, to bring those of them at Damascus bound to Jerusalem, in order to be punished, as in Acts 9:2 and which the Ethiopic version adds here.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the notes on Acts 9:5, etc.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 26:12. Whereupon as I went to Damascus — See the whole account of the conversion of Saul of Tarsus explained at large, in Clarke's notes on "Acts 9:2", &c.