As for[But] Saul, he made havock of the church His own words will best describe his action (Acts 22:4), "I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women." The same word is used by the LXX. (Psalms 80:13) of the ravages of wild beasts.

entering into every house i.e. making his search everywhere that none should escape.

and haling men and women i.e. dragging them forth. We have the word still in the form "to haul," and the halyards of a ship.

committed them to prison Because the number of arrests made it impossible that they should all be brought to trial at once.

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