Meanwhile Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the High Priest,
And began to stone him, the witnesses laying their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.
But Saul began to devastate the Church; he entered house after house, dragged out men and women alike, and threw them into prison.
For I am the meanest of the Apostles, I who am unworthy of the name of 'Apostle,' because I persecuted the Church of God.
You heard, no doubt, of my conduct when I was devoted to Judaism--how I persecuted the Church of God to an extent beyond belief, and made havoc of it,
As to zeal, I was a persecutor of the Church; as to such righteousness as is due to Law, I proved myself blameless.
though I once used to blaspheme, and to persecute, and to insult. Yet mercy was shown me, because I acted in ignorance, while still an unbeliever;