“I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.”
King James Version (KJV)
26:9 I thought - When I was a Pharisee: that I ought to do many things - Which he now enumerates.
Ac 26:9 I verily thought with myself. Next, in order to show his zeal for Judaism, he describes his course as a persecutor. He was thoroughly conscientious then in opposing Christ. For his course as a persecutor, see Ac 7:58 9:1,2 22:4