Acts 22:5
Acts · New Testament · Chapter 22
“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 Jerusalem, for to be punished.”Acts 22:5
What Does Acts 22:5 Mean?
Acts 22:5 is found in the book of Acts, chapter 22, verse 5 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 18 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (18)
These passages are connected to Acts 22:5 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Acts 9:1“And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,”Luke 22:66“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,”Acts 23:1“And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.”Acts 5:21“And 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.”Acts 22:30“On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.”Acts 26:5“Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.”Acts 26:11“And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.”Acts 26:12“Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,”Acts 4:5“And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,”Acts 9:14“And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.”Acts 13:26“Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.”Acts 22:1“Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.”Acts 23:6“But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.”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.”Acts 28:17“And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.”Acts 28:21“And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee.”Romans 9:3“For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:”1 Timothy 4:14“Neglect 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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