I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,
‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in
So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was s
This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming
For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in
I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I beli
But Ananias answered, “Lord, many people have told me about this man and all the harm he has done to Your saints in Jeru
They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a yo
And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to
About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.
Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high prie
But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the
All who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this
as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.