Study it in the app“which I also did in Jerusalem; and many of the saints I shut up in prisons, having received the authority from the chief priests, and when they were being put to death I cast my vote against them.”
whichὃI alsoκαὶdidἐποίησαinἐνJerusalem;Ἱεροσολύμοιςandκαὶmanyπολλούςof the saintsτῶν ἁγίωνIἐγὼshut upκατέκλεισαinἐνprisons,φυλακαῖςhaving receivedλαβώνthe authorityτὴν ἐξουσίανfromπαρὰthe chief priests,τῶν ἀρχιερέωνandτεwhen theyαὐτῶνwere being put to deathἀναιρουμένωνI castκατήνεγκαmyvote against them.ψῆφον
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “epoiēsa” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “Hierosolymois” appearsmany
A great number of people or things.
Where else “pollous” appearssaints
Believers, set apart because they belong to God.
Where else “hagiōn” appearslock up
Lock up, shut in prison.
Where else “katekleisa” appearsprison
The place where prisoners are shut in.
Where else “phylakais” appearsreceive
To be given something, like the Spirit.
Where else “labōn” appearsauthority
The right to command or act.
Where else “exousian” appearschief priests
The leading priests: the high priest in office, former ones and his family.
Where else “archiereōn” appearskill
To end someone's life, to do away with them.
Where else “anairoumenōn” appearscast vote
To vote in a trial to condemn someone.
Where else “katēnenka” appearsvote
A decision cast in a trial.
Where else “psēphon” appears“Vote”: in Greek “pebble,” with which votes were cast; it may mean that Paul approved those deaths.
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
9I indeed thought to myself that I ought to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene,
10 · This verse (above)
11And throughout all the synagogues, often punishing them, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and being furiously enraged against them I pursued them even to foreign cities.
1. What it says
What does Paul tell King Agrippa about his earlier life and what Jesus said to him? (vv. 4-18)
2. What it means
Paul says he only repeats what the prophets and Moses said would happen (vv. 22-23). How does he connect his story with Israel's hope?
3. How I live it
Paul wishes the best for those who judge him (v. 29). How can you treat kindly someone who does not think as you do?
