^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.

³ But ^(A)Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he ^(B)dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.

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?”

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. ¹⁴ And here he has authority from ^(D)the chief priests to bind all who ^(E)call on your name.”

^4 (A)I persecuted ^(B)this Way ^(C)to the death, binding and delivering to prison both men and women, ⁵ as ^(D)the high priest and ^(E)the whole council of elders can bear me witness. From them I received letters to ^(F)the brothers, and I journeyed toward Damascus to take those also who were there and bring them in bonds to Jerusalem to be punished.

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

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. ²⁰ And when the blood of Stephen ^(C)your witness was being shed, ^(D)I myself was standing by and ^(E)approving and ^(F)watching over the garments of those who killed him.’

Saul in Jerusalem

²⁶ And ^(A)when he had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples. And they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple.

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 ² and asked him for letters ^(D)to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to ^(E)the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.