Then they [the Jews] cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him [Stephen] with one accord; and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering every house, and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison (Acts 7:57–58; 8:3). It is obvious from the above texts that Paul was a key figure who played a prominent role in the persecution of the
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