Atti 22:4

4 e perseguitai a morte questa Via, legando e mettendo in prigione uomini e donne,

Atti 22:4 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 22:4

And I persecuted this way unto the death
That is, the Christian religion, and the professors of it; whom the apostle breathed out threatenings and slaughter against, haled out of their houses, and committed to prison; consented to their death, as he did to Stephen's; and whenever it was put to the vote, whether they should die or not, he gave his voice against them; so that he was a most bitter enemy, and an implacable persecutor of them; which shows how very averse he was to this way, and how great his prejudices were against it; wherefore it must be a work of divine power, and there must be the singular hand of God in it, to reconcile him to it, and cause him to embrace and profess it:

binding and delivering into prisons, both men and women:
see ( Acts 8:3 ) ( 9:2 ) .

Atti 22:4 In-Context

2 E quand’ebbero udito ch’egli parlava loro in lingua ebraica, tanto più fecero silenzio. Poi disse:

3 Io sono un Giudeo, nato a Tarso di Cilicia, ma allevato in questa città, ai piedi di Gamaliele, educato nella rigida osservanza della legge dei padri, e fui zelante per la causa di Dio, come voi tutti siete oggi;

4 e perseguitai a morte questa Via, legando e mettendo in prigione uomini e donne,

5 come me ne son testimoni il sommo sacerdote e tutto il concistoro degli anziani, dai quali avendo pure ricevuto lettere per i fratelli, mi recavo a Damasco per menare legati a Gerusalemme anche quelli ch’eran quivi, perché fossero puniti.

6 Or avvenne che mentre ero in cammino e mi avvicinavo a Damasco, sul mezzogiorno, di subito dal cielo mi folgoreggiò d’intorno una gran luce.