Acts 9:14

14 Saul has come here to Damascus with authority from the chief priests to put anyone who calls on your name in prison."

Acts 9:14 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 9:14

And here he hath authority from the chief priests
His fury and madness against the saints did not stop at Jerusalem, but he had received a commission from the sanhedrim to go to Damascus, where he now was:

to bind all that call on thy name;
to take up all such persons and put them in bonds, and carry them bound to Jerusalem, whom he should find either praying to Christ, as God, as the first Christians used to do, and which is no inconsiderable proof of the deity of Christ; or professing the name of Christ, or were called by it.

Acts 9:14 In-Context

12 In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias place his hands on him to restore his sight."

13 Ananias replied, "Lord, I've heard a lot of people tell about the many evil things this man has done to your people in Jerusalem.

14 Saul has come here to Damascus with authority from the chief priests to put anyone who calls on your name in prison."

15 The Lord told Ananias, "Go! I've chosen this man to bring my name to nations, to kings, and to the people of Israel.

16 I'll show him how much he has to suffer for the sake of my name."