King James Version
Acts 9:14 in the King James Version says “And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.” — study this verse from Acts chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.”
Acts 9:14 · KJV
And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.
Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.
But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake .
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“he hath”
G2192to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or conditio
“authority”
G1849privilege, i.e., (subjectively) force, capacity, competency, freedom, or (objectively) mastery (concretely, magistrate, superhuman, potentate, token o
“from”
G3844properly, near; i.e., (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subj
“the chief priests”
G749the high-priest (literally, of the jews; typically, christ); by extension a chief priest
“that call”
G1941to entitle; by implication, to invoke (for aid, worship, testimony, decision, etc.)
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