Acts 26:9-11 (NKJV)

9 "Indeed, I myself thought I must do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth."
10 "This I also did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them."
11 "And I punished them often in every synagogue and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities. "