Acts 26:12

“While doing this very thing, ¹  as I was going ²  to Damascus with authority and complete power ³  from the chief priests,

biblegateway Act 26:12

"On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.

biblegateway Act 26:12

"While so engaged as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,

biblegateway Act 26:12

"One day I was on such a mission to Damascus, armed with the authority and commission of the leading priests.

biblegateway Act 26:12

"One day on my way to Damascus, armed as always with papers from the high priests authorizing my action,

SABDAweb Act 26:12

Then, when I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and orders of the chief priests,

bibleoremus Act 26:12

"With this in mind, I was traveling to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,

biblegateway Act 26:12

"While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

biblegateway Act 26:12

“While doing this very thing, ¹  as I was going ²  to Damascus with authority and complete power ³  from the chief priests,

¹ tn Grk “in which [activity].” Due to the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started at the beginning of v. 12 in the translation. The referent of the relative pronoun (“which”) was specified as “this very thing” for clarity.

² tn Grk “going.” The participle πορευόμενος (poreuomenos) has been taken temporally.

³ tn L&N 37.40 s.v. ἐπιτροπή states, “the full authority to carry out an assignment or commission – ‘authority, complete power.’ πορευόμενος εἰς τὴν Δαμασκὸν μετ᾿ ἐξουσίας καὶ ἐπιτροπῆς τῶν ἀρχιερέων ‘going to Damascus with authority and complete power from the high priests’ Ac 26:12. In Ac 26:12 the combination of ἐξουσία and ἐπιτροπή serves to reinforce the sense of complete authority.”