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Bigotry of Saul, in Persecuting the Christians Acts 22:3, 4

“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today. / I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,

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Bigotry of Saul, in Persecuting the Christians Acts 9:1–5

Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest / and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem. / As Saul drew near to Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

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Bigotry of Saul, in Persecuting the Christians Acts 26:9

So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

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Bigotry of Saul, in Persecuting the Christians Galatians 1:13, 14

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. / I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

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Bigotry of Saul, in Persecuting the Christians Philippians 3:6

as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.

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