Acts 26:10-12

International Standard Version

¹⁰ That is what I did in Jerusalem. I received authority from the high priests and locked many of the saints in prison. And when I cast my vote against them, they were put to death. ¹¹ I would even punish them frequently in every synagogue and try to make them blaspheme. Raging furiously against them, I would hunt them down even in distant cities.

¹² “That is how I happened to be traveling to Damascus with authority based on a commission from the high priests.