Not being content to pursue believers in Jerusalem only, he began spreading his hate campaign as far north as Damascus. ​ — Acts 9: 1, 2.
وإذ لم يكتف بملاحقة المؤْمنين في أورشليم ،‏ ابتدأ يوسع حملته الشعواء شمالا حتى دمشق .‏ —‏ اعمال ٩ :‏ ​ ١ ،‏ ٢‏ .‏