Acts 9:14

Modern

And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”

Traditional

And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.

Literal

And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all those calling on Your name.”

Latin

…et hic habet potestatem a principibus sacerdotum alligandi omnes qui invocant nomen tuum.

Greek

English

And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”

The conversion of Saul of Tarsus on the Damascus road is central to the story in Acts. Luke tells the story three times (also 22:1–21; 26:1–29). Paul (Saul) mentions this experience several times in his letters (1 Corinthians 15:8–10; Galatians 1:11–17; Philippians 3:4–11; see 1 Timothy 1:12–17). Saul’s conversion was his call as a prophet and commission as an apostle (Acts 9:15; 22:15, 21; 26:15–18). No one is beyond God's power to reach, save, and use for holy purposes. Nothing is impossible with God (Luke 1:37). God prepared Paul through his training, childhood, and experience to play a unique role in proclaiming the gospel to the wider world as the “apostle to the Gentiles” (Romans 11:13; see 1 Corinthians 15:9; 2 Corinthians 12:11–12; Galatians 1:1; Ephesians 3:8).

Theme notes and profiles

Acts 9:21
All who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”
Acts 7:59
While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
2 Timothy 2:22
Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Acts 9:2–3
…and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
Acts 22:16
And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’
1 Corinthians 1:2
To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
Romans 10:12–14
For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,