Acts 22:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

📖 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

• 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.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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{G3739} I persecuted{G1377} this{G3778} Way{G3598} unto{G891} the death,{G2288} binding{G1195} and{G2532} delivering{G3860} into{G1519} prisons{G5438} both{G5037} men{G435} and{G2532} women.{G1135}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And I{G3739} persecuted{G1377}{(G5656)} this{G5026} way{G3598} unto{G891} the death{G2288}, binding{G1195}{(G5723)} and{G2532} delivering{G3860}{(G5723)} into{G1519} prisons{G5438} both{G5037} men{G435} and{G2532} women{G1135}.

• 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 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you. 20 And when the blood of your martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, consenting to his death, and kept the clothes of those who killed him.
• Acts 26:9-9 : 9 I truly thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them. 11 And I punished them often in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
• Acts 8:1-4 : 1 And Saul approved of his death. And at that time a great persecution arose against the church in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. 3 As for Saul, he ravaged the church, entering every house and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison. 4 Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word.
• Acts 9:1-2 : 1 And Saul, still breathing out threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, 2 And requested letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
• Acts 9:13-14 : 13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints in Jerusalem: 14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.
• Acts 9:21 : 21 But all who heard him were amazed, and said, Isn't this he who destroyed those who called on this name in Jerusalem, and has come here for that purpose, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?
• Acts 16:17 : 17 This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.
• Acts 18:26 : 26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
• Acts 19:9 : 9 But when some were hardened and did not believe, but spoke evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of Tyrannus.
• Acts 19:23 : 23 And at that time, there arose no small commotion about the Way.
• 1 Cor 15:9 : 9 For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
• Phil 3:6 : 6 Regarding zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness in the law, blameless.
• 1 Tim 1:13-15 : 13 Although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. 14 And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. 15 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
• Acts 24:14 : 14 But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things written in the law and in the prophets:
• Acts 7:58 : 58 And cast him out of the city and stoned him, and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.