8. Why is it considered incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?
9. In fact, I myself supposed it was necessary to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
10. I actually did this in Jerusalem, and I locked up many of the saints in prison, since I had received authority for that from the chief priests. When they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.
11. In all the synagogues I often tried to make them blaspheme by punishing them. I even pursued them to foreign cities since I was greatly enraged at them.
12. “I was traveling to Damascus under these circumstances with authority and a commission from the chief priests.