“I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.”
Acts 22:19 (WEB)
Context Reading
17“When I had returned to Jerusalem and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance 18and saw him saying to me,‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.’ 19I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you. 20When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.’ 21“He said to me,‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’”