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In Acts, Saul persecutes Christians because he did not believe Jesus was the son of God. He had many Christians killed before he was spoken to by Jesus and was then converted and is now known as St. Paul.
it is pauls other name. he used to kill christians but then he spoke to god and he started to preach to christians.
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Saul hated Christians until he was converted.
Paul (then known as Saul) was a violent persecutor of Christians, and made it his business to arrest and kill everyone belonging to 'The Way'. Acts 9:1 & 2
I doubt if samuel really did have a wife.
Saul.
Saul persecuted Christ's followers. (Acts 9:1, 4, 17)
No. Saul became Paul because Saul murdered Christians, but when he started following Jesus, Jesus changed his name to Paul.
Saul seeks Christians in Damascus to being back to Jerusalem to persecute. A voice asks, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?' , and tells him it is hard to prick against the goads (kicks). (Jesus is the farmer, Saul is the ox -- stubborn, yet being goaded in the right direction.) Saul is struck blind. His travelling companions do not hear anything. God tells Ananias to meet Saul, and where he can find him. Ananias lays hands on Saul, and the scales fall from his eyes. Saul is baptised. To everyone's amazement, Saul preaches in Damascus. The Jews plot to kill Saul, so he escapes in a basket over the walls of Damascus. Saul meets up with the initially wary Christians in Jerusalem, and disputes against the Hellenists. When the Hellenists try to kill him too, the Christians send Saul to Tarsus. The churches in Judea, Galilee and Samaria prosper. In Lydda, Peter heals Aeneas, who was bedridden with paralysis, so all Lydda believe. Peter raises Dorcas from Joppa from the dead. Peter stays with Simon, a tanner. (For a law-keeping Jew of that time, it was strictly forbidden to associate with anyone who routinely worked with dead animals.)
Jewish authorities gave Saul authority to persecute Christians.