Acts 26:7-11
Acts 26:7
the promise to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly serve God night and day. For this hope, O king, I am being accused by Jews.
Acts 26:8
Why is it considered incredible among you people if God raises the dead?
Acts 26:9
“So I thought to myself that I had to act in strong opposition to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Acts 26:10
And this is just what I did in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons, after receiving authority from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote against them when they were being put to death.
Acts 26:11
And as I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and since I was extremely enraged at them, I kept pursuing them even to foreign cities.