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