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11 And (A)as I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and being (B)furiously enraged at them, I kept pursuing them (C)even to [a]foreign cities.

Paul Tells of His Conversion

12 [b]While so engaged (D)as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests, 13 at midday, O King, I saw on the way a light from heaven, [c]brighter than the sun, shining all around me and those who were journeying with me.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 26:11 Or outlying
  2. Acts 26:12 Lit In which things
  3. Acts 26:13 Lit above the brightness of

11 Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished,(A) and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was so obsessed with persecuting them that I even hunted them down in foreign cities.

12 “On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. 13 About noon, King Agrippa, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, blazing around me and my companions.

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