¹¹ In every synagogue, I often punished them and tried to make them ·speak against [blaspheme; curse] Jesus. I was so ·angry [enraged] against them I even went to ·other [or foreign] cities to ·find them and punish [pursue; or persecute] them.

¹² “One time the ·leading [^Tchief] priests gave me ·permission [commission] and the ·power [authority] to go to Damascus. ¹³ On the ·way [road] there, at noon, [^LO king,] I saw a light from heaven. It was brighter than the sun and ·flashed [shone] all around me and those who were traveling with me.