'But, Lord,' I said, 'they surely know it was I who imprisoned and flogged those who believed in you throughout the synagogues,
I persecuted this Way of religion to the death, chaining and imprisoning both men and women,
Beware of men, they will hand you over to sanhedrins and scourge you in their synagogues,
but Saul made havoc of the church by entering one house after another, dragging off men and women, and consigning them to prison.
Meanwhile Saul still breathed threats of murder against the disciples of the Lord. He went to the high priest