Acts 26:12 - Exposition

Journeyed for went, A.V.; with the authority … of for with authority … from, A.V. and T.R. Commission ; ἐπιτροπῆς , here only in the New Testament. But ἐπίτροπος is a "steward" ( Matthew 20:8 ; Luke 8:3 ); and hence the Roman procurator was called in Greek, ἐπίτροπος , and so were governors generally, as those who acted with a delegated authority. The chief priests . In Acts 9:1 Saul is said to have applied to "the chief priest" for authority. The high priest, as president of the Sanhedrim, acted with the other chief priests ( Acts 9:14 ).