Acts 9:1

English Majority Text Version

Then Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest

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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.

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.

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,