Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy 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 9:21All who heard him were amazed, and said, “Isn’t this he who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests!”
- Acts 7:59They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
- 2 Tim 2:22Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
- 1 Cor 1:2to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:
- Acts 22:16Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’
- Acts 9:2–3and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
- Rom 10:12–14For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him.
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