Acts 26:11 "Then, while continuing in punishing them in vengeance – down through the various synagogues – I kept on trying to force (or: compel) them to blaspheme (speak abusively about God), besides keeping them in the midst of insane rage which completely surrounded them, and continued pressing forward to persecute them even into the cities outside Palestine.

JMNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹¹ "Then, while continuing in punishing them in vengeance – down through the [various] synagogues – I kept on trying to force (or: compel) [them] to blaspheme (speak abusively about [God]), besides keeping them in the midst of insane rage which completely surrounded them, and continued pressing forward to persecute [them] even into the cities outside [Palestine].