Acts 26:9–10

26:9 Of course,27 I myself was convinced28 that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene. 26:10 And that is what I did in Jerusalem: Not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons by the authority I received29 from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote30 against them when they were sentenced to death.31

27	tn BDAG 737 s.v. οὖν 3 states, “It has been proposed that some traces of older Gk. usage in which οὖν is emphatic, = certainly, really, to be sure etc. (s. L-S-J-M s.v. 1) remain in the pap … and in the NT … indeed, of course Ac 26:9.”
28	tn Grk “I thought to myself.” BDAG 255 s.v. δοκέω 2.a has “ἕδοξα ἐμαυτῷ δῖν πρᾶξαι = Lat. mihi videbar I was convinced that it was necessary to do Ac 26:9.”
29	tn Grk “by receiving authority.” The participle λαβών (labōn) has been taken instrumentally.
30	tn Grk “cast down a pebble against them.” L&N 30.103 states, “(an idiom, Grk ‘to bring a pebble against someone,’ a reference to a white or black pebble used in voting for or against someone) to make known one’s choice against someone—‘to vote against.’ … ‘when they were sentenced to death, I also voted against them’ Ac 26:10.”
31	tn Grk “when they were being executed”; but the context supports the sentencing rather than the execution itself (cf. L&N 30.103).