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. ”
მან მოგვიანებით აღიარა, რომ ერთ დროს „ღვთისმგმობელი, მდევნელი და შეურაცხმყოფელი“ იყო.