<p>22:19- see on Acts 26:10,11.<br /><i>And I said: Lord, they know that in every synagogue I imprisoned and beat those that believed in you<em>- </em></i>Paul recounts in Acts 22:19-21 how first of all he felt so ashamed of his past that he gently resisted this command to preach: &quot;I said, Lord... I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed... and he said unto me, Depart... unto the Gentiles&quot; . The stress on &ldquo;every synagogue&rdquo; (Acts 22:19; 26:11) must be connected with the fact that he chose to preach <em>in the synagogues</em>. He was sent to persecute every synagogue in Damascus, and yet he purposefully preached in every synagogue there (Acts 9:2,20). His motivation was rooted in his deep recognition of sinfulness. Likewise Peter preached a hundred metres or so from the very place where he denied the Lord.</p>