And 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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Gill's Exposition
And desired of him letters to Damascus,.... Damascus was the head or metropolis of Syria, Isa 7:8 And so Pliny (z) calls it Damascus of Syria: it was a very ancient city; it was in the times of…
Barnes' Notes
And desired of him - This shows the intensity of his wish to persecute the Christians, that he was willing to ask for such an employment. Letters - Epistles, implying a commission to bring them to…
Adam Clarke
Letters to Damascus to the synagogues - Damascus, anciently called דמסק Damask, and דרמסק Darmask, was once the metropolis of all Syria. It was situated at fifty miles' distance from the sea; from…
We found mention made of Saul twice or thrice in the story of Stephen, for the sacred penman longed to come to his story; and now we are come to it, not quite taking leave of Peter but from…
Cambridge Bible
and desired of him letters These are the papers which constituted his "authority and commission" (Act 26:12). From that passage we learn that the issuing of these papers was the act of the whole body,…
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