Acts 26:9-13

“So I thought to myself that I had to act in strong opposition to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

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.

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.

“While so engaged, as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,

at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who were journeying with me.