Acts 22:19-23

¹⁹"At first I objected: "Who has better credentials? They all know how obsessed I was with hunting out those who believed in you, beating them up in the meeting places and throwing them in jail.

²⁰And when your witness Stephen was murdered, I was right there, holding the coats of the murderers and cheering them on. And now they see me totally converted. What better qualification could I have?''

²¹"But he said, "Don''t argue. Go. I''m sending you on a long journey to outsider Gentiles.''"b

²²The people in the crowd had listened attentively up to this point, but now they broke loose, shouting out, "Kill him! He''s an insect! Stomp on him!"

²³They shook their fists. They filled the air with curses.