9. “I, too, thought that I must do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth,
10. which I indeed did in Jerusalem and locked up many of the saints in prison by authority from the chief priests. And when they were killed, I cast my vote against them.
11. I punished them often in every synagogue and compelled them to blaspheme. And being extremely enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
12. “So I went to Damascus with authority and a commission from the chief priests.