Acts Chapter 26 verse 12 Holy Bible
Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,
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Then, when I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and orders of the chief priests,
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And when, [engaged] in this, I was journeying to Damascus, with authority and power from the chief priests,
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Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
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"Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
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`In which things, also, going on to Damascus -- with authority and commission from the chief priests --
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - Journeyed for went, A.V.; with the authority... of for with authority... from, A.V. and T.R. Commission; ἐπιτροπῆς, here only in the New Testament. But ἐπίτροπος is a "steward" (Matthew 20:8; Luke 8:3); and hence the Roman procurator was called in Greek, ἐπίτροπος, and so were governors generally, as those who acted with a delegated authority. The chief priests. In Acts 9:1 Saul is said to have applied to "the chief priest" for authority. The high priest, as president of the Sanhedrim, acted with the other chief priests (Acts 9:14).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) With authority and commission.--The former word implies the general power delegated to him, the latter the specific work assigned to him, and for the execution of which he was responsible.