But Saul was doing injury to the church, going in from house to house, and dragging away both men and women, and committing them to prison.
And when her masters saw that the hope of their profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, and dragged them to the marketplace to the rulers.
"And I said, 'Lord, they know that in every synagogue I was imprisoning and beating those believing on You.
and casting him outside the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes beside the feet of a young man named Saul.
And godly men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him.
And all those who heard were astounded, and were saying, "Is this not the one who destroyed those who called on this name in Jerusalem, and has come here for that purpose, so that he might take them having been bound, to the chief priests?"
For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
For you have heard of my former conduct at one time in Judaism, that beyond measure I used to persecute the church of God, and I was devastating it.
with respect to zeal, persecuting the church; with respect to righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
I, who was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I was shown mercy because, being ignorant, I did it in unbelief,
But you have dishonored the poor. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into court?