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.

Paul Tells of His Conversion

12 “In this connection (H)I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.

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10 And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the Lord’s people(A) in prison,(B) and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.(C) 11 Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished,(D) and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was so obsessed with persecuting them that I even hunted them down in foreign cities.

12 “On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.

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