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Acts 9:2 KJV
Acts · chapter 9 · verse 2
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.Acts 9:2 · King James Version
Acts 9:2 in context
1And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
2And 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.
3And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
4And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- synagoguessynagōgēa bringing together, gathering , a contracting, in the NT, an assembling together of men…G4864 →
- DamascusdamaskosDamascus = " silent is the sackcloth weaver" , one of the most ancient and most…G1154 →
- desiredaiteōto ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, requireG154 →
- lettersepistolēa letter, epistleG1992 →
- foundheyriskōto come upon, hit upon, to meet with, after searching, to find a thing sought, without…G2147 →
- womengynēa woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow, a wife, of a betrothed womanG1135 →
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We found mention made of Saul twice or thrice in the story of Stephen, for the sacred penman longed to come to his story; and now we are come to it, not quite taking leave of Peter but from henceforward being mostly taken up with Paul the apostle of the Gentiles, as Peter was of the circumcision.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9