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NASB					Acts 9:2 and asked¹⁵⁴ for ^Aletters¹⁹⁹² from him to ^Bthe synagogues⁴⁸⁶⁴ at ^CDamascus¹¹⁵⁴, so³⁷⁰⁴ that if¹⁴³⁷ he found²¹⁴⁷ any⁵¹⁰⁰ belonging¹⁵¹⁰ to ^Dthe Way³⁵⁹⁸, both⁵⁰³⁷ men⁴³⁵ and women¹¹³⁵, he might bring⁷¹ them bound¹²¹⁰ to Jerusalem²⁴¹⁹.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Acts 9:2 and he asked for letters [of authority] from him to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any men or women there belonging to ¹the Way [believers, followers of Jesus the Messiah], men and women alike, he could arrest them and bring them bound [with chains] to Jerusalem.

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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This term for Christianity may have originated from Jesus' own words, "I am the Way...," John 14:6.

NASB Cross References:
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Acts 9:14 and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your name."

Matt 10:17 "But beware of men, for they will hand you over to the courts and scourge you in their synagogues;

Gen 14:15 He divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

John 14:6 Jesus *said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.

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Greek Heb.

agô; a prim. vb.; to lead, bring, carry:--arrest(1), bring(11), bringing(3), brought(26), go(5), going(2), lead(1), leads(1), led(12), led away(1), session(1), taking(1), took away(1).

154

aiteô; a prim. vb.; to ask, request:--ask(36), asked(16), asking(7), asks(7), beg(1), called(1), making a request(1), requesting(1).

435

anêr; a prim. word; a man:--brethren*(13), gentlemen(1), husband(39), husbands(13), man(71), man's(2), men(70), virgin*(1).

1135

gunê; a prim. word; a woman:--bride(1), wife(71), wife's(1), wives(11), woman(96), woman's(1), women(33).

1154

Damaskos; of Heb. or. [1834]; Damascus, a city of Syria:--Damascus(15).

1210

deô; a prim. vb.; to tie, bind:--bind(7), binding(1), binds(2), bound(23), imprisoned(4), prisoners(1), put...in chains(1), tied(4).

1437

ean; contr. from 1487 and 302; if (a conditional particle used like 1487, but usually with the Gr. subjunctive mood):--case(1), everyone(1), except*(1), if(222), if*(2), or*(1), though(2), unless*(34), whatever*(22), when(2), whenever*(2), wherever*(8), whether*(1), whoever*(17), whomever*(2).

1510

eimi; a prol. form of a prim. and defective vb.; I exist, I am:--accompanied*(1), accompany*(2), am(138), amount(1), amounts(1), appear*(1), asserted*(1), become*(5), been(45), been*(1), being(26), belong(3), belonged*(1), belonging(1), belonging*(1), belongs(4), bring*(1), came(1), come(5), consist(1), crave*(1), depends*(1), do(1), done*(1), exist(3), existed(4), existed*(1), falls(1), found(1), had(8), happen(4), have(2), have come(1), lived(1), mean(1), mean*(2), means(7), meant(2), originate(1), owns(1), remain(3), remained(1), rest(1), sided(1), stayed(2), themselves(1), there(6), turn(1).

1992

epistolê; from 1989; an epistle, a letter:--letter(16), letters(8).

2147

heuriskô; a prim. vb.; to find:--find(48), finding(9), finds(10), found(104), get(1), obtained(1), proved(1), regarded(1).

2419

Ierousalêm; of Heb. or. [3389]; Jerusalem, the capital of united Isr. and Judah, also a future heavenly city:--Jerusalem(76).

3598

hodos; a prim. word; a way, road:--highways(2), journey(7), path(1), paths(1), road(24), roads(1), streets(1), way(54), ways(9).

3704

hopôs; from 3739 and 4459; as, how, that:--end(1), how(4), order(2), so(26), what(1).

4864

sunagôgê; from 4863; a bringing together, by ext. an assembling, hence a synagogue:--assembly(1), synagogue(31), synagogues(24).

5037

te; a prim. enclitic particle; and (denotes addition or connection):--alike(1), along(1), also(7), both(37), even(1), only(1), only*(1), or(2), well(2), whether(1).

5100

tis; a prim. enclitic indef. pron.; a certain one, someone, anyone:--any(36), any man(9), any man's(2), any one(4), any way(1), any woman(1), anyone(90), anyone's(1), anyone's*(1), anyone...anything(1), anything(40), anything...anyone(1), certain(6), certain man(1), certain men(2), few(1), in any way(1), high(1), kind(1), man(10), man's(2), matter(1), no*(5), none*(3), nothing*(8), one(45), one...another(1), ones(1), others(1), person(2), several(2), some(104), some men(3), some people(1), some things(1), somebody(1), someone(27), something(15), somewhat(2), such(1), various things(1), whatever(1), whatever*(6), who(1), whoever*(4), whomever*(1).

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