I said, ‘But Lord, the people know that I was the one who put the believers in jail and beat them. I went through all the synagogues {\cf2\super [443]} to find and arrest the people who believe in you.
I persecuted {\cf2\super [436]} the people that followed the Way \{of Jesus\}. Some of them were killed because of me. I arrested men and women. I put them in jail.
\{In Jerusalem\} Saul was still trying to scare and kill the followers of the Lord (Jesus) all the time. So he went to the high priest. {\cf2\super [184]}