Acts 22:4-5

4I persecuted people who followed the way ⌞of Christ⌟: I tied up men and women and put them into prison until they were executed.

5The chief priest and the entire council of our leaders can prove that I did this. In fact, they even gave me letters to take to the Jewish community in the city of Damascus. I was going there to tie up believers and bring them back to Jerusalem to punish them.