So he pursued the Christians with brutal cruelty, “breathing threat and murder against... both men and women, ” trying to destroy them. ​ — Acts 9: 1, 2; 22: 4.
فَطَارَدَهُمْ بِشَرَاسَةٍ ‹ نَافِثًا تَهْدِيدًا وَقَتْلًا عَلَى ٱلرِّجَالِ وَٱلنِّسَاءِ › عَلَى ٱلسَّوَاءِ .‏ —‏ اع ٩ :‏ ​ ١ ،‏ ٢ ؛‏ ٢٢ :‏ ٤‏ .‏