“And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that in one synagogue after another, I was imprisoning and beating those trusting in You.
But beware of men, for they will hand you over to the courts and flog you in their synagogues.
I persecuted this Way to the death, arresting both men and women and throwing them in prisons—
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 .