²⁰ And when they shed the blood of Stephen, your witness, I was myself standing there and giving my approval. I was looking after the cloaks of those who were killing him.’

²¹ “ ‘No,’ he said to me. ‘Go away from here! I’m sending you far away—to the Gentiles!’ ”

²² Up to this point the crowd listened to Paul. But now they began to shout.

“Away with him from the face of the earth!” they yelled. “Someone like that has no right to live!”