Act 8:3, 9:1-19, 22:4-5, 26:9-11, Gal 1:13, 23, Phili 3:6, 1Ti 1:13-14 | ESV | STEP | But Saul was ravaging the church , and entering house after house , he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison .

1 But Saul, ^cstill ^dbreathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to ^ethe high priest 2 and asked him for letters ^fto the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to ^gthe Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3 ^hNow as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven shone around him. 4 And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting ⁱme?” 5 And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, ^jwhom you are persecuting. 6 But ^krise and enter the city, and you will be told ^lwhat you are to do.” 7 ^mThe men who were traveling with him stood speechless, ⁿhearing the voice but seeing no one. 8 Saul rose from the ground, and although his eyes were opened, ^ohe saw nothing. So they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. 9 And for three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank.

10 Now there was a disciple at Damascus named ^pAnanias. The Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” And he said, ^q“Here I am, Lord.” 11 And the Lord said to him, “Rise and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas look for a man ^rof Tarsus named Saul, for behold, he is praying, 12 and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and ^slay his hands on him so that he might regain his sight.” 13 But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, ^thow much evil he has done to ^uyour ^vsaints at Jerusalem. 14 And here he has authority from ^wthe chief priests to bind all who ^xcall on your name.” 15 But the Lord said to him, “Go, for ^yhe is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name ^zbefore the Gentiles and ^aakings and the children of Israel. 16 For ^abI will show him how much ^ache must suffer ^adfor the sake of my name.” 17 So ^aeAnanias departed and entered the house. And ^aflaying his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you came has sent me so that you may regain your sight and ^agbe filled with the Holy Spirit.” 18 And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and ^ahhe regained his sight. Then ^aihe rose and was baptized; 19 and ^ajtaking food, he was strengthened.

Saul Proclaims Jesus in Synagogues

For ^aksome days he was with the disciples at Damascus.

Acts 22:4-5

4 ^alI persecuted ^amthis Way ^anto the death, binding and delivering to prison both men and women, 5 as ^aothe high priest and ^apthe whole council of elders can bear me witness. From them I received letters to ^aqthe brothers, and I journeyed toward Damascus to take those also who were there and bring them in bonds to Jerusalem to be punished.

Acts 26:9-11

9 ^ar“I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of ^asJesus of Nazareth. 10 ^atAnd I did so in Jerusalem. I not only locked up many of the saints in prison after receiving authority ^aufrom the chief priests, but ^avwhen they were put to death I cast my vote against them. 11 And ^awI punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them ^axblaspheme, and ^ayin raging fury against them I ^azpersecuted them even to foreign cities.

Galatians 1:13

13 For you have heard of ^bamy former life in Judaism, how ^bbI persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it.

Galatians 1:23

23 They only were hearing it said, “He who used to persecute us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”

Philippians 3:6

6 ^bcas to zeal, ^bda persecutor of the church; ^beas to righteousness under the law, ^{▼▼Greek in the law} blameless.

1 Timothy 1:13-14

13 though formerly I was a blasphemer, ^bgpersecutor, and insolent opponent. But ^bhI received mercy ^bibecause I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, 14 and ^bjthe grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the ^bkfaith and love that are in Christ Jesus.