NowSaul,stillbreathingthreatsand murderagainstthe disciplesof the Lord,wentto the high priest,
But Saul[began] ravagingthe church,enteringhouseafterhouse,and draggingoff menand women,he would putthem in prison.
even though I was formerlya blasphemerand a persecutorand a violent aggressor.YetI was shown mercybecauseI actedignorantlyin unbelief;
For you have heardof my formermanner of lifein Judaism,howI used to persecutethe churchof Godbeyondmeasureand tried to destroyit;
For I amthe leastof the apostles,and not fitto be calledan apostle,becauseI persecutedthe churchof God.
When they had drivenhim out of the city,they [began] stoning[him]; and the witnesseslaid asidetheir robesat the feetof a young mannamedSaul.
as to zeal,a persecutorof the church;as to the righteousnesswhich is in the Law,foundblameless.
Do not deliverme over to the desireof my adversaries,For false witnesseshave risenagainst me, And such as breatheout violence.
