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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, 1Ki_15:26 Psa_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, Luk_13:33.