9. “I, too, thought I ought to do many things against Jesus from Nazareth.
10. And that is what I did in Jerusalem. The leading priests gave me the power to put many of God’s people in jail, and when they were being killed, I agreed it was a good thing.
11. In every synagogue, I often punished them and tried to make them speak against Jesus. I was so angry against them I even went to other cities to find them and punish them.
12. “One time the leading priests gave me permission and the power to go to Damascus.