But Saul was ravaging the church, entering from house to house. Dragging both men and women, he gave them over to prison.
the man who was formerly blasphemous, and a persecutor, and an aggressor. But I obtained mercy because I did it being ignorant in unbelief.
regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness in law, having become blameless.
For ye heard of my former behavior in Judaism, that I persecuted the church of God to extraordinariness, and ravaged it.
For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
And I said, Lord, they know that I was imprisoning and beating in every synagogue those who believe in thee.
And all those who heard were amazed, and said, Is this not the man who destroyed those in Jerusalem who call on this name? And he has come here for this, so that he might bring them bound to the chief priests.
And having expelled him out of the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments beside the feet of a young man called Saul.
But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich exploit you, and they themselves drag you into courts?
And devout men arranged to bury Stephen, and they made great lamentation over him.
But when her masters saw that the hope of their business was gone, having seized Paul and Silas, they dragged them into the marketplace to the rulers.