1. Acts 9:2 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is the Way?

Acts 9:2 (ESV)

2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

The Way was the initial name used by early Christian believers to identify themselves. 1 It is found on a number of occasions throughout the book of Acts (see Acts 19:9, Acts 19:23; Acts 22:4; Acts 24:14, Acts 24:22).2 It is likely derived from Isaiah 40:3 and conveys the idea of the Lord restoring Israel. Used by Christians, it affirms the belief that God is restoring Israel through Jesus and the community who submit to him are the renewed people of God.3