Gevurot 26:10-12

Orthodox Jewish Bible

¹⁰ "And this I also did in Yerushalayim; and armed with samchut received from the Rashei Hakohanim, many of the kadoshim I locked up in the beis hasohar; and I cast my vote keneged (against) them when they received the death penalty.

¹¹ "And throughout all the shuls I often punished them, forcing them to commit Chillul Hashem gidduf (blasphemy), and since I was so enraged against them, I was bringing redifah on them even as far as foreign cities.

¹² "This it was, that as I was traveling to Damascus with authorization and permission from the Rashei Hakohanim,