Acts 22:4

I ¹  persecuted this Way ²  even to the point of death, ³  tying up ⁴  both men and women and putting ⁵  them in prison,

Ac 7:58; Ac 8:1-4; Ac 9:1,2,13,14,21; Ac 16:17; Ac 18:26; Ac 19:9,23; Ac 22:19,20; Ac 24:14; Ac 26:9-11; 1Co 15:9; Php 3:6; 1Ti 1:13-15

¹ tn Grk “who.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative pronoun (“who”) was translated by the first person pronoun (“I”) and a new sentence begun in the translation.

² sn That is, persecuted the Christian movement (Christianity). The Way is also used as a description of the Christian faith in Acts 9:2; 18:25-26; 19:9, 23; 24:14, 22).

³ tn BDAG 442-43 s.v. θάνατος 1.a has “διώκειν ἄχρι θανάτου persecute even to death Ac 22:4.”

⁴ tn Grk “binding.” See Acts 8:3.

⁵ tn BDAG 762 s.v. παραδίδωμι 1.b has “W. local εἰς…εἰς φυλακήν put in prison Ac 8:3; cp. 22:4.”