Acts 26:7-12 New Century Version (NCV)

7. This is the promise that the twelve tribes of our people hope to receive as they serve God day and night. My king, they have accused me because I hope for this same promise!

8. Why do any of you people think it is impossible for God to raise people from the dead?

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.

Acts 26