Acts 22:19

19 And *I* said, Lord, they themselves know that *I* was imprisoning and beating in every synagogue those that believe on thee;

Acts 22:19 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 22:19

And I said, Lord, they know, that I imprisoned
Men and women, that made a profession of the Christian religion, ( Acts 8:3 )

and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee;
in Jerusalem there were many synagogues, and in these scourging and beating of offenders were used; (See Gill on Matthew 10:17).

Acts 22:19 In-Context

17 And it came to pass when I had returned to Jerusalem, and as I was praying in the temple, that I became in ecstasy,

18 and saw him saying to me, Make haste and go quickly out of Jerusalem, for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

19 And *I* said, Lord, they themselves know that *I* was imprisoning and beating in every synagogue those that believe on thee;

20 and when the blood of thy witness Stephen was shed, I also myself was standing by and consenting, and kept the clothes of them who killed him.

21 And he said to me, Go, for *I* will send thee to the nations afar off.

Footnotes

• [a]. As ch. 9.42.