Acts 26:9-11 ▼

9 Indeed, I myself thought it my duty to take extreme measures against the name of Jesus from Nazareth.

10 That is what I did in Jerusalem. I received authority from the high priests and locked many of the saints in prison. And when I cast my vote against them, they were put to death.

11 I would even punish them frequently in every synagogue and try to make them blaspheme. Raging furiously against them, I would hunt them down even in distant cities.