And I did so in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up in prison many of the saints, after receiving authority from (para | παρά | prep-gen) the chief priests, and when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.
as also the high priest and the whole council of elders can bear me witness. From (par | παρ᾿ | prep-gen) them I received letters to the brothers, and I went toward Damascus to take those also who were there and bring them in bonds to Jerusalem to be punished.
“I am a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at (para | παρά | prep-acc) the feet of Gamaliel, educated according to the strictness of the ancestral law, being zealous for God just as you all are today.
On the next day we departed and went to Caesarea. There we went into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with (par | παρ᾿ | prep-dat) him.
But I make my life of no account as of any value to me, that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from (para | παρά | prep-gen) the Lord Jesus, to testify the good news of the grace of God.