NASB
""So then, I thought to myself that I had to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus of Nazareth."
— Acts 26:9, NASB
“I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.”
“I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to 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.”
“Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.”
“And I indeed did formerly think that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.”
“For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.”
“I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.”
"And now I am standing trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers;
the promise to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly serve God night and day. And for this hope, O King, I am being accused by Jews.
"Why is it considered incredible among you people if God does raise the dead?
"So then, I thought to myself that I had to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
"And this is just what I did in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, but also when they were being put to death I cast my vote against them.
"And as I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and being furiously enraged at them, I kept pursuing them even to foreign cities.
"While so engaged as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,