For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict confor
For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from my earliest childhood among my own people, and also in Jerusalem.
All who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this
When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he w
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
But Ananias answered, “Lord, many people have told me about this man and all the harm he has done to Your saints in Jeru
And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in
as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high prie