though I had formerly been a blasphemer and a persecutor and a wanton aggressor. I obtained mercy because in my unbelief I had acted out of ignorance;
but Saul made havoc of the church by entering one house after another, dragging off men and women, and consigning them to prison.
you who once were no people and now are God's people, you who once were unpitied and now are pitied.
"But, Lord," Ananias answered, "many people have told me about all the mischief this man has done to thy saints at Jerusalem!
So let us approach the throne of grace with confidence, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in the hour of need.
Now I know, brothers, that you acted in ignorance, like your rulers —
Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, they do not know what they are doing." Then they distributed his clothes among themselves by drawing lots.
I obtained mercy, for the purpose of furnishing Christ Jesus with the chief illustration of his utter patience; I was to be the typical instance of all who were to believe in him and gain eternal life.
in point of ardour a persecutor of the church, immaculate by the standard of legal righteousness.
You know the story of my past career in Judaism; you know how furiously I persecuted the church of God and harried it,
For I am the very least of the apostles, unfit to bear the name of apostle, since I persecuted the church of God.
I have no orders from the Lord for unmarried women, but I will give you the opinion of one whom you can trust, after all the Lord's mercy to him.
I persecuted this Way of religion to the death, chaining and imprisoning both men and women,
"Who are you?" he asked. "I am Jesus," he said, "and you persecute me.
Meanwhile Saul still breathed threats of murder against the disciples of the Lord. He went to the high priest
The servant who knew his lord and master's orders and did not prepare for them, will receive many lashes;