Acts 22:1-5

1“12Brothers and fathers, hear my defense which I now offer to you.”

2And when they heard that he was addressing them in the 34Hebrew dialect, they became even more quiet; and he said,

3“5I am 6a Jew, born in 7Tarsus of 8Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated 9under 10Gamaliel, 1112strictly according to the Law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as 13you all are today. 414I persecuted this 15Way to the death, binding and putting both men and women into prisons, 5as also 16the high priest and all 17the Council of the elders 18can testify. From them I also 19received letters to 20the brothers, and started off for 21Damascus in order to bring even those who were there to Jerusalem 22as prisoners to be punished.