But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?
But all that heard him were amazed, and said, Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests? This, it will be observed was not the language of the Christians-whose astonishment no doubt found full vent before this, and to whom all would be fully explained in private-but of his Jewish auditors in the synagogues, to whom his previous persecuting career, and the object of his present visit, were, it seems, by this time well known.
The Jews of Damascus, Exasperated at Saul's Preaching, Seek to Kill Him-His Narrow Escape (9:22-25)