Acts 26:9
King James Version
“I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.”
Context
6And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
7Unto which our twelve tribes, instantly serving day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
8Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
9I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
10Which 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
11And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted even unto strange cities.
12Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,