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Acts 22:5
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Acts 22:5
5As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.
5As also the high Priest doth beare me witnesse, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I receiued letters vnto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there, bound vnto Hierusalem, for to be punished.
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DEFINED WORDS
Acts 22:5
Raised or far above; great in height, rank, degree, or importance; as an adverb, greatly or aloft.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A person who officiates in sacred service, especially by offering sacrifices or ministering in worship; the KJV applies the term to Mosaic priests, priests of other gods, and Christ as Priest, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
To carry, support, endure, produce, bring forth, or sustain, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
One who testifies from knowledge; testimony; as a verb, to see, attest, or testify.
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Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
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State, condition.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
To receive: to take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Written messages or epistles; also characters of writing.
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Brothers; near kindred; fellow Israelites; or fellow believers, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Made fast, tied, confined, or obligated; destined or going toward; as a verb, to set a limit.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Made to suffer the penalty, chastisement, loss, pain, or judgment stated in consequence of wrongdoing or sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study1AND 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.
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Open the full verse study66¶ And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,
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Open the full verse study21And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
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Open the full verse study14Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
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Open the full verse study26Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
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Open the full verse study1MEN, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
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Open the full verse study10Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
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Open the full verse study12Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
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Open the full verse study21And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judæa concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee.
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Open the full verse study5¶ And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,
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Open the full verse study14And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.
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Open the full verse study3For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
4Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
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