Acts 22:19-22
22:19 I replied,
‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues
who believed in you.
22:20 And when the blood of your witness
Stephen was shed,
I myself was standing nearby, approving,
and guarding the cloaks
of those who were killing him.’
22:21 Then
he said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
The Roman Commander Questions Paul
22:22 The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, “Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!”