What kind of religious man was Saul before he met Christ?
Before meeting Christ, Saul was a Jew and a Pharisee, described as a religious fanatic who breathed out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, persecuting Jewish believers who had embraced Jesus as Messiah. He sought letters to arrest men and women of this way and bring them bound to Jerusalem.
Les explains that Saul was a Pharisee, a religious fanatic, and a Jew who zealously persecuted the early believers. He went to the high priest to get letters for the synagogues in Damascus so that if he found any of this way, whether men or women, he could bring them bound to Jerusalem. He had no compunction about dragging women into prison. He breathed out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord. Later, when confronted by the light and voice from heaven, he recognized it as coming from the presence of God, showing his deep awe for the name of Jehovah.
And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
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Who were the disciples Saul was persecuting in Acts 9?
In Acts 9:1 the 'disciples of the Lord' that Saul was persecuting were ordinary Jewish believers in Jesus as the Christ, not the twelve apostles.