Acts 22:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I persecuted this Way to the point of death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὃς ταύτην τὴν ὁδὸν ἐδίωξα ἄχρι θανάτου, δεσμεύων καὶ παραδιδοὺς εἰς φυλακὰς ἄνδρας τε καὶ γυναῖκας.

Transliteration

Who this the hodon ediōxa unto thanatou, desmeuōn and paradidous into phylakas andras te and gynaikas.

Grammar Details

• *hodon*: accusative, feminine, singular - way/path/road
• *ediōxa*: aorist active indicative, 1st person singular - I persecuted
• *thanatou*: genitive, masculine, singular - death
• *desmeuōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - binding/tying
• *paradidous*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - delivering/handing over
• *phylakas*: accusative, feminine, plural - prisons/watches
• *andras*: accusative, masculine, plural - men
• *te*: particle - both/and (connective)
• *gynaikas*: accusative, feminine, plural - women

Word Meanings

• *hodon*: way/path/road/The Way (as a term for Christianity)
• *ediōxa*: persecuted/pursued/harassed
• *thanatou*: death/to the point of death
• *desmeuōn*: binding/arresting/putting in chains
• *paradidous*: delivering/handing over/committing
• *phylakas*: prisons/guards/jails

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And I persecuted this way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and I persecuted this Way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and I persecuted this waye vnto the deeth byndynge and delyveringe into preson bothe men and wemen

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and I persecuted this waye vnto the death. I bounde them and delyuered them vnto preson, both men and wemen,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And I persecuted this way vnto the death, binding and deliuering into prison both men and women.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And I persecuted this way vnto the death, byndyng & delyueryng into prison both men and women,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And this way I persecuted unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and I persecuted this Way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and I persecuted this Way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And I made attacks on this Way, even to death, taking men and women and putting them in prison.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I persecuted this Way even to the point of death, tying up both men and women and putting them in prison,

Referenced Verses

• Acts 22:19-20 : 19 But I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that I used to imprison and beat those who believed in You in the synagogues. 20 And when the blood of Your servant Stephen was being shed, I stood there, giving my approval and guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.'
• Acts 26:9-9 : 9 Indeed, I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 10 And that is what I did in Jerusalem. I locked up many of the saints in prison, having received authority from the chief priests. And when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them. 11 I punished them often in all the synagogues, trying to force them to blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
• Acts 8:1-4 : 1 Saul was in full agreement with his execution. On that day, a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all the believers, except the apostles, were scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria. 2 Devout men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. 3 But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison. 4 Those who had been scattered went about spreading the good news of the word.
• Acts 9:1-2 : 1 But Saul, still breathing out threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, approached the high priest. 2 He requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
• Acts 9:13-14 : 13 Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem. 14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.
• Acts 9:21 : 21 All who heard him were amazed and said, "Isn’t this the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those who call on this name? And didn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?"
• Acts 16:17 : 17 She followed Paul and us, shouting, 'These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!'
• Acts 18:26 : 26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
• Acts 19:9 : 9 But when some became stubborn and refused to believe, speaking evil of the Way in front of the crowd, he withdrew from them, took the disciples with him, and reasoned daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
• Acts 19:23 : 23 During that time, a great disturbance arose concerning the Way.
• 1 Cor 15:9 : 9 For I am the least of the apostles, not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
• Phil 3:6 : 6 as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
• 1 Tim 1:13-15 : 13 Even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. 14 The grace of our Lord overflowed abundantly along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 15 This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the foremost.
• Acts 24:14 : 14 But I admit this to you: I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is in the Law and written in the Prophets.
• Acts 7:58 : 58 They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.