7For the effecting of which our twelve tribes have been working and waiting night and day with all their hearts. And in connection with this hope I am attacked by the Jews, O king!
8Why, in your opinion, is it outside belief for God to make the dead come to life again?
9For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
10And this I did in Jerusalem: and numbers of the saints I put in prison, having had authority given to me from the chief priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my decision against them.
11And I gave them punishment frequently, in all the Synagogues, forcing them to say things against God; and burning with passion against them, I went after them even into far-away towns.
12Then, when I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and orders of the chief priests,
13In the middle of the day, on the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining round me and those who were journeying with me.
