Acts 26:11-14 I had them punished and tried to force them to use abusive language; in my extreme fury against them I continued to pursue them even into distant towns.

Williams⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹¹ I had them punished and tried to force them to use abusive language; in my extreme fury against them I continued to pursue them even into distant towns. ¹² While in this business I once was on my way to Damascus with authority based on a commission from the high priests, ¹³ and on the road at noon, your Majesty, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, flash around me and my fellow-travelers. ¹⁴ We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, 'Saul! Saul! Why do you continue to persecute me? It is hurting you to keep on kicking against the goad.'