Acts 26:9-12

Lamsa(i) 9 For I at the very beginning was determined that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 10 Which I also did at Jerusalem: I cast many of the saints into prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when some were put to death, I took part with those who condemned them. 11 And I tortured them in every synagogue, thus compelling them to blaspheme the name of Jesus; and being exceedingly mad against them, I also went to other cities to persecute them. 12 I was on the way to Damascus for this purpose, with authority and commission from the chief priests, when,