And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.
And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name. Thus it would seem that not only the terror of his name, but the news of this dread commission, had traveled before him from the capital to the doomed spot. But, indeed, the three days that had already passed since Jesus appeared to him in the way, and the news of what had happened-which could not but be immediately spread through Damascus-would naturally lead to inquiries of Paul's companions as to the object of their visit; and to this, in all likelihood, Ananias refers in this last clause.