Acts 9:2

Full Chapter

September 17, 2025

KJV

And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.

BSB

and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

WEB

and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

YLT

did ask from him letters to Damascus, unto the synagogues, that if he may find any being of the way, both men and women, he may bring them bound to Jerusalem.

F.O.G Original

(2) He asked for letters from him to the synagogues in Dammesek (Moist with Blood), so that if finding any belonging to The Way, both men and women, he might bring them chained to Yerushalayim (Foundation of Peace).

F.O.G

F.O.G MSG

²and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way,ᵃ whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

Footnotes:

²ᵃ The Way: The earliest name for Christianity, emphasizing it as a way of life following Jesus rather than just a religion.