“And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that in one synagogue after another, I was imprisoning and beating those trusting in You.
I persecuted this Way to the death, arresting both men and women and throwing them in prisons—
But beware of men, for they will hand you over to the courts and flog you in their synagogues.
But Saul was destroying Messiah’s community, entering house after house; and dragging off men and women, he was throwing them into prison.
Now Saul, still breathing out threats and murder against the Lord’s disciples, went to the kohen gadol .