³ “I am a Jew,^(A) born in Tarsus^(B) of Cilicia,^(C) but brought up in this city. I studied under^(D) Gamaliel^(E) and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors.^(F) I was just as zealous^(G) for God as any of you are today. ⁴ I persecuted^(H) the followers of this Way^(I) to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison,^{(J) 5} as the high priest and all the Council^(K) can themselves testify. I even obtained letters from them to their associates^(L) in Damascus,^(M) and went there to bring these people as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.