Acts 26:10-12

New King James Version

^10 (A)This I also did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority ^(B)from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them. ^11 (C)And I punished them often in every synagogue and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

Paul Recounts His Conversion^(D)

^12 (E)“While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,