¹⁹ And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:

⁴ And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

¹⁷ But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;

³ As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.

9 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

⁹ I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

¹⁰ Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.

¹¹ And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.

¹² Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,