Acts 26:12

“While doing this very thing, ¹  as I was going ²  to Damascus with authority and complete power ³  from the chief priests,

1Ki 21:8-10; Ps 94:20,21; Isa 10:1; Jer 26:8; Jer 29:26,27; Joh 7:45-48; Joh 11:57; Ac 9:1,2; Ac 22:5; Ac 26:10

¹ tn Grk “in which [activity].” Due to the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started at the beginning of v. 12 in the translation. The referent of the relative pronoun (“which”) was specified as “this very thing” for clarity.

² tn Grk “going.” The participle πορευόμενος (poreuomenos) has been taken temporally.

³ tn L&N 37.40 s.v. ἐπιτροπή states, “the full authority to carry out an assignment or commission – ‘authority, complete power.’ πορευόμενος εἰς τὴν Δαμασκὸν μετ᾿ ἐξουσίας καὶ ἐπιτροπῆς τῶν ἀρχιερέων ‘going to Damascus with authority and complete power from the high priests’ Ac 26:12. In Ac 26:12 the combination of ἐξουσία and ἐπιτροπή serves to reinforce the sense of complete authority.”