and when the blood of thy witness Stephen was being poured forth, I also was standing by and assenting to his death, and keeping the garments of those putting him to death;

whom God did raise up, having loosed the pains of the death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it,

'Then having come forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran, and from thence, after the death of his father, He did remove him to this land wherein ye now dwell,

And Saul was assenting to his death, and there came in that day a great persecution upon the assembly in Jerusalem, all also were scattered abroad in the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles;

and no cause of death having found, they did ask of Pilate that he should be slain,

'And this way I persecuted unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women,

now, therefore, ye, signify ye to the chief captain, with the sanhedrim, that to-morrow he may bring him down unto you, as being about to know more exactly the things concerning him; and we, before his coming nigh, are ready to put him to death.'

whom I found accused concerning questions of their law, and having no accusation worthy of death or bonds;

asking favour against him, that he may send for him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to put him to death in the way.

for if indeed I am unrighteous, and anything worthy of death have done, I deprecate not to die; and if there is none of the things of which these accuse me, no one is able to make a favour of me to them; to Caesar I appeal!'

and I, having found him to have done nothing worthy of death, and he also himself having appealed to Sebastus, I decided to send him,

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,

and having withdrawn, they were speaking unto one another, saying -- 'This man doth nothing worthy of death or of bonds;'

who, having examined me, were wishing to release me, because of their being no cause of death in me,