Saul responded: “Lord, they themselves well know that I used to imprison and flog in one synagogue after another those believing upon you; and when the blood of Stephen your witness was being spilled, I myself was also standing by and approving. ” ​ — Acts 22: 17 - 20.
ზოგის აზრით, სავლეს პასუხიდან ჩანს, რომ ის აცნობიერებდა, თუ რა საშიშროების წინაშე იდგა.