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Acts 26:9
`I, indeed, therefore, thought with myself, that against the name of Jesus of Nazareth it behoved me many things to do,
Acts 26:9 · Young's Literal Translation
Acts 26:9 in other translations
I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
“I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
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In context
6 and now for the hope of the promise made to the fathers by God, I have stood judged,
7 to which our twelve tribes, intently night and day serving, do hope to come, concerning which hope I am accused, king Agrippa, by the Jews;
8 why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead?
9 `I, indeed, therefore, thought with myself, that against the name of Jesus of Nazareth it behoved me many things to do,
10 which also I did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I in prison did shut up, from the chief priests having received the authority; they also being put to death, I gave my vote against them,
11 and in every synagogue, often punishing them, I was constraining them to speak evil, being also exceedingly mad against them, I was also persecuting them even unto strange cities.
12 `In which things, also, going on to Damascus--with authority and commission from the chief priests--
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