Acts 9:2

Bible Text

and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

Damascus, northeast of Jerusalem in Syria, was the destination of Saul’s mission to arrest followers of Jesus in its synagogues; Jerusalem was the authority center from which he obtained letters. The other places trace Acts 9’s widening witness through Judea and

Places in this passage

Acts 9:2 mentions Caesarea, Damascus, Galilee, Jerusalem, Joppa, Judea, Lod, Samaria, Sharon, Straight Street and Tarsus.

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