Acts 26:10-12

10And this is 1just what I 2did in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up many of the 3saints in prisons, after 4receiving authority from the chief priests, but I also 5cast my vote against them when they were being put to death. 11And 6as I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and since I was 7extremely enraged at them, I kept pursuing them 8even to 9foreign cities.

12“10While so engaged, 11as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,