Acts 9:14

14 And he has come here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on your name.”

Acts 9:14 in Other Translations

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

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

14 And he is authorized by the leading priests to arrest everyone who calls upon your name.”

14 And now he's shown up here with papers from the Chief Priest that give him license to do the same to us."

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

14 Saul has come here to Damascus with authority from the chief priests to put anyone who calls on your name in prison."

14 And he has authority here from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name."

14 Now he has come here to arrest all those who worship you. The chief priests have given him authority to do this."

Acts 9:14 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 9:14

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.

Acts 9:14 In-Context

12 In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.”

13 “Lord,” Ananias answered, “I have heard many reports about this man and all the harm he has done to your holy people in Jerusalem.

14 And he has come here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on your name.”

15 But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel.

16 I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.”

Cross References

• 1. ver 2,21
• 2. S Acts 2:21