19. “But I said, ‘Lord, they know that in synagogue after synagogue I had those who believed in You imprisoned and beaten.
20. And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I was standing by and approving, and I guarded the clothes of those who killed him.’
21. “Then He said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’ ”
22. They listened to him up to this word. Then they raised their voices, shouting, “Wipe this person off the earth — it’s a disgrace for him to live! ”
23. As they were yelling and flinging aside their robes and throwing dust into the air,
24. the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, directing that he be examined with the scourge, so he could discover the reason they were shouting against him like this.