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Acts 26:12

Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

KJV

Ἐν οἷς πορευόμενος εἰς τὴν Δαμασκὸν μετ’ ἐξουσίας καὶ ἐπιτροπῆς τῆς τῶν ἀρχιερέων

Greek NT

In quibus dum irem Damascum cum potestate et permissu principum sacerdotum,

Vulgate

Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,

ASV

Whereupon, when I was going to Damascus with authority and permission of the chief priest,

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Δαμασκός
damaskos
noun · 15×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
πορεύομαι
poreuomai
verb · 155×
ἀρχιερεύς
archiereus
noun · 121×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐξουσία
exousia
noun · 102×
ἐπιτροπή
epitrope
noun · 1×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: οἷς | WH/Treg/NIV: οἷς | RP: + καὶ
  • οἷςSBLGNT
  • οἷςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + καὶRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: τῆς | WH/Treg/NIV: τῆς | RP: + παρὰ
  • τῆςSBLGNT
  • τῆςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + παρὰRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 9:1 — And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
  • Acts 9:3 — And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
  • Acts 22:5 — As 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 Jer
  • Acts 22:6 — And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.
  • Acts 26:10 — Which 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.