Acts 9:1 (WEB)
But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
Fathers and councils · 7
Augustine of Hippo
“It was said of Saul the persecutor as of Saul the proud, that he was going to bind Christians, breathing slaughter: he was breathing out slaughter, breathing out blood, his lung not yet cleansed.” — editor's note: Acts ix. 1.
Read the whole comment“Did he not hate His Saints unto death? did he not bear letters from the chief of the priests, to the end that wheresoever he might find Christians, to punishment he should hurry them?” — editor's note: Acts ix. 1.
Read the whole comment“He was breathing out slaughters, he was seeking some to drag and slay: a voice having been heard from above, “Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me,” he was confounded and laid low, and he was raised up to obedience, that had been inflamed unto persecuting.” — editor's note: Acts vii. 58, ix. 1.
Read the whole comment“…was grievously persecuting those who had become believers in Christ, did Christ call that man [by a voice] from heaven, and made him His disciple and apostle.” — editor's note: Acts ix. 1–30.
Read the whole comment“For he had received letters from the chief priests (burning as he was with zeal for the synagogue, and persecuting the Christian name), that he might show up whatever Christians he should find, to be punished.” — editor's note: Acts ix. 1, etc.
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Basil the Great
“Then, after being occupied for some little time about the army, he came to us again breathing rage and slaughter, and, in one sentence, delivered all the Church of Cæsarea to the Senate.” — editor's note: cf. Acts ix. 1.
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Tertullian
“That point excepted, he had sufficiently learnt and believed “the Nazarene” to be “the Lord, the Son of God.”” — editor's note: See Acts ix. 1–31.
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