Charles Spurgeon Commentary Acts 8:3

"But Saul laid waste the church, entering into every house, and dragging men and women committed them to prison." — Acts 8:3 (ASV)

At first, we can hardly believe that this was the very man who afterwards became the greatest preacher of the gospel and the builder of the Church of Christ, but it was indeed so. He was always earnest in whatever he did. When he persecuted, he did it with all his might; and when he became converted, then he preached with all his might. He was a thoroughgoing man. I like these thoroughgoing men; they are worth saving. When they are converted, they bring great glory to God. The next verse tells us one effect of the havoc caused by Saul: