Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ:
...breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, when he went unto the high priest, And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found one of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem (Acts 9:1-2).