Acts 22:4-5

[4] And I persecuted way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. [5] As also the high priest witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.

What is the context of Acts 22:4-5?

Paul’s Defense before the Jerusalem Mob (Acts 22:2-5 true)
Paul Permitted to Address the Crowd (Acts 22:1-5 true)
Paul Speaks to the People (Acts 22:1-21 true)
Paul’s Defense at Jerusalem (Acts 22:1-21 true)
Paul Speaks to the Crowd (Acts 22:1-23 true)
Paul Speaks in His Own Defense (Acts 22:1-29 true)
Paul’s Defense before the Jews (Acts 22:1-30 true)

What does Acts 22:4-5 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

His zeal for God was clear in that he persecuted Christians to death (cf. Acts 9:1-2). This is precisely what his hearers wanted to do in Paul"s case. Paul did so as an agent of the Sanhedrin that gave him authority to pursue Christian Jews as far away as Damascus.