At this
they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all
rushed at him, dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the
witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul. Acts
7:57-58
Our first introduction to Saul is in
Acts 7 and the stoning of Stephen, Christianity’s first martyr to die for his
faith in Jesus Christ. Saul appeared to
be more than a coat check. There must have
been more to his role.
And Saul approved of their
killing him. Acts 8:1
Saul’s approval could be his satisfaction that everything
went the way he planned because he was the community organizer or he saw the
way it all worked out and it inspired him to do more.