Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G Messageand asked for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, authorizing him, if he found any belonging to the Way—men or women—to bring them in chains to Jerusalem.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.Gand requested letters from him to the synagogues in Dammesek, so that if he found any belonging to the Way—both men and women—he might bring them bound to Yerushalayim.
KJV
King James VersionAnd desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
BSB
Berean Standard Bibleand 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.
Footnotes
"the Way" (τῆς ὁδοῦ, tēs hodou) is the earliest self-designation of the Messianic movement, likely rooted in Isaiah 40:3 ("prepare the way of YHWH") and resonating with Yeshua's own claim "I am the Way" (John 14:6). Both versions preserve the technical term intact, resisting any flattening of this loaded identity-marker into vague description.
