Acts 26:9-14

9“SoG3767 1I thoughtG1380 to myselfG1683 that I hadG1163 to actG4238 in strongG4183 oppositionG1727 to 2the nameG3686 of JesusG2424 3of NazarethG3480. 10And thisG3739 is 4justG2532 whatG3739 I 5didG4160 in JerusalemG2414; notG2532G5037 onlyG2532G5037 did I lockG2623 upG2623 manyG4183 of the 6saintsG40 in prisonsG5438, after 7receivingG2983 authorityG1849 from the chiefG749 priestsG749, butG5037 I alsoG5037 8castG2702 my voteG5586 againstG2702 them when they were being putG337 toG337 deathG337. 11And 9as I punishedG5097 them oftenG4178 in allG3956 the synagoguesG4864, I tried to forceG315 them to blasphemeG987; and since I was 10extremelyG4057 enragedG1693 atG1693 them, I kept pursuingG1377 them 11evenG2193G2532 to 12foreignG1854 citiesG4172.

12“13WhileG1722 soG3739 engaged, 14as I was journeyingG4198 to DamascusG1154 with the authorityG1849 and commissionG2011 of the chiefG749 priestsG749, 13at middayG2250G3319, O kingG935, I sawG3708 on the wayG3598 a lightG5457 from heavenG3771, 15brighterG2987 thanG5228 the sunG2246, shiningG4034 aroundG4034 me and thoseG3588 who were journeyingG4198 with me. 14And when we had 16allG3956 fallenG2667 to the groundG1093, I heardG191 a voiceG5456 sayingG3004 to me in the 1718HebrewG1446 dialectG1258, ‘SaulG4549, SaulG4549, whyG5101 are you persecutingG1377 Me? 19It is hardG4642 for you to kickG2979 againstG4314 the goadsG2759.’