Acts 26:9-12

Haweis(i) 9 I indeed then thought in myself, that I ought to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Nazarean. 10 Which also I did at Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were killed, I gave my vote against them. 11 And in every synagogue oftentimes punishing them, I compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly maddened with rage against them, I persecuted them even to the cities that are without. 12 In which pursuits, even as I was going to Damascus with authority and a commission from the chief priests,