And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.
Parallel translations
- WEB Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.”
- BSB And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”
- NKJV And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your name.”
- NASB and here he has authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”
- NLT And he is authorized by the leading priests to arrest everyone who calls upon your name.”
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Quick answer
Ananias noted that Saul came with authority to arrest all who called on Jesus' name. The danger was real and well known.
Overview
To call on the name of the Lord is a mark of true believers, and Saul had come to imprison them. Ananias rightly understood the threat, yet God's purpose would overturn it entirely. The phrase highlights that Christians are defined by their devotion to Christ, the very people Saul will soon join.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Acts 9:21But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?
- Acts 7:59And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
- 2 Tim 2:22Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
- 1 Cor 1:2Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
- Acts 22:16And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
- Acts 9:2–3And 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.
- Rom 10:12–14For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
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