How Paul Persecuted the Christians

I pointed out in the previous post that prior to his conversion Paul was a persecutor of the church, almost certainly because he objected to what their basic and fundamental message was, that Jesus was the messiah (despite the fact – or rather because of the fact – that he had been crucified). But how exactly did Paul engage in his persecution. He himself says that it was a violent persecution. What could that mean?

We don’t know exactly how he proceeded. Paul never describes his persecuting...