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By punishing them often in all the synagogues I tried to force them to blaspheme; and since I was so furiously enraged at them, I pursued them even to foreign cities.
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"Indeed, I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
10
And that is what I did in Jerusalem; with authority received from the chief priests, I not only locked up many of the saints in prison, but I also cast my vote against them when they were being condemned to death.
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By punishing them often in all the synagogues I tried to force them to blaspheme; and since I was so furiously enraged at them, I pursued them even to foreign cities.
12
"With this in mind, I was traveling to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,
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when at midday along the road, your Excellency, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions.
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