8. Why do any of you people think it is impossible for God to raise people from death?
9. “I too thought I ought to do many things against Jesus from Nazareth.
10. And in Jerusalem I did many things against God’s people. The leading priests gave me the power to put many of them in jail. When they were being killed, I agreed that it was a good thing.
11. In every synagogue, I often punished them. I tried to make them say evil things against Jesus. I was so angry against them that I even went to other cities to find them and punish them.
12. “One time the leading priests gave me permission and the power to go to Damascus.