This can be stated in active form. AT: "but I was a student of rabbi Gamaliel here in Jerusalem" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
Here "feet" stands for the place where a student would sit while learning from a teacher. AT: "by Gamaliel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
This can be stated in active form. AT: "He instructed me how to carefully obey every law of our forefathers" or "The instruction I received followed the exact details of the law of our forefathers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
Here "this Way" represents the people who belonged to the group called "the Way." AT: "I persecuted the people who belonged to this Way" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
The word "death" can be translated with the verb "kill" or "die." AT: "and I looked for ways to kill them" or "and I even caused them to die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
# binding up and delivering them to prison both men and women
"tying up both men and women and putting them in prison"
# can bear witness
"can testify" or "can tell you"
# I received letters from them
"The high priests and elders gave me letters"
# for the brothers in Damascus
Here "brothers" refers to "fellow Jews."
# to bring them back in bonds to Jerusalem
"They ordered me to bind with chains those of the Way and bring them back to Jerusalem"
This can be stated in active form. AT: "in order that they may receive punishment" or "in order that the Jewish authorities could punish them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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