And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,
And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,
And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,