I persecuted this Way even to the point of death, tying up both men and women and putting them in prison,

But Saul was trying to destroy the church; entering one house after another, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.

and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, either men or women, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their region.