The Conversion of Saul

9 But Saul, ^(A)still ^(B)breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to ^(C)the high priest

¹³ But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, ^(A)how much evil he has done to ^(B)your ^(C)saints at Jerusalem.

²¹ And all who heard him were amazed and said, “Is not this the man who ^(A)made havoc ^(B)in Jerusalem of those who called upon this name? And has he not come here for this purpose, to bring them bound before the chief priests?”

^4 (A)I persecuted ^(B)this Way ^(C)to the death, binding and delivering to prison both men and women,

¹⁹ And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that in one synagogue after another ^(A)I imprisoned and ^(B)beat those who believed in you.

^10 (A)And I did so in Jerusalem. I not only locked up many of the saints in prison after receiving authority ^(B)from the chief priests, but ^(C)when they were put to death I cast my vote against them. ¹¹ And ^(D)I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them ^(E)blaspheme, and ^(F)in raging fury against them I ^(G)persecuted them even to foreign cities.

⁹ For ^(A)I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because ^(B)I persecuted the church of God.

¹³ For you have heard of ^(A)my former life in Judaism, how ^(B)I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it.

^6 (A)as to zeal, ^(B)a persecutor of the church; ^(C)as to righteousness under the law,^[a] blameless.