Acts 26:9-12 I truly thought within myself that it was right to do many things which were opposed to the name of Jesus from Nazareth.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁹ I truly thought within myself [that it was right] to do many things which were opposed to the name of Jesus from Nazareth. ¹⁰ So, I was doing this in Jerusalem, having received [my] authority from the leading priests. I both imprisoned many of the saints [i.e., God's holy people] and [even] voiced my approval when they were put to death [See 8:1]. ¹¹ I often persecuted them in the synagogues, [even] trying to get them to blaspheme [i.e., speak against God]. I had extreme anger toward them and [even] traveled to foreign cities [in my effort] to persecute them. ¹² "While on a journey to Damascus for this purpose, I was acting under the authority and directive of the leading priests.