{Wounding their conscience} (	uptontes aut(936e) t(886e)
suneid(8873)in). Old verb 	upt(935c), to smite with fist, staff, whip.
The conscience is sensitive to a blow like that, a slap in the
face. {Ye sin against Christ} (eis Christon hamartanete). That
fact they were overlooking. Jesus had said to Saul that he was
persecuting him when he persecuted his disciples ( Ac 9:5 ). One
may wonder if Paul knew the words of Jesus in  Mt 25:40 , "ye did
it unto me."