Although some of his relatives may already have become Christians, he said of his own attitude toward Christ’s followers: “Since I was extremely mad against them, I went so far as to persecuting them even in outside cities. ”
તેણે પોતે પછી કબૂલ્યું હતું કે “હું પહેલાં દુર્ભાષણ કરનાર તથા સતાવનાર તથા જુલમી હતો. ”