We have sent along with him the brother whose fame in the things of the gospel has spread through all the churches;
Original word: ἐπιτροπή
Transliteration: epitropé
Definition (short): commission
Definition (full): authority
Definition: authority
NASB Translation: commission (1).
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From
epitrepo; permission, i.e. (by implication) full power -- commission.
see GREEK epitrepo
KJV:
Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
NASB:
"While so engaged as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,