{As touching zeal} (kata z(886c)os). So the old MSS. treating
z(886c)os as neuter, not masculine. He was a zealot against
Christianity, "persecuting the church" (di(936b)(936e) t(886e) ekkl(8873)ian).
He was the ringleader in the persecution from the death of
Stephen till his own conversion ( Ac 8:1-9:9 ). {Found blameless}
(genomenos amemptos). "Having become blameless" ( Ga 1:14 ). He
knew and practised all the rules of the rabbis. A marvellous
record, scoring a hundred in Judaism.