To the synagogues; this council, though it sat at Jerusalem, had a power (whether commanding or recommending) over all the synagogues within or without Judea. Of this way; this was eminently so called, being the way of God, and the way of life, and the only right and true way: any profession, persuasion, or manner of life, is called a way frequently in Scripture, 1 Kings 15:26 Psalms 91:2. Men or women; it speaks their extraordinary rage, that would not spare the weaker sex, who are generally spared on that account. Bring them bound; which shows that he carried many with him, to the further aggravation of his sin. Unto Jerusalem; where they had power to judge of such things, and out of which it was impossible that a prophet should perish, Luke 13:33.
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Acts 9:2
2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way,a whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.