READ Acts 9 COMMENTARY: : 4        And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutes you me? (1377 “persecutes” [dioko] means to run after, trouble, to pursue in a hostile manner, harass, follow in haste, seek after, or to chase.) DEVOTION:  One of the facts that most people who try to hurt Christians don’t realize is that they are not doing it to the person they are doing it to Christ. Christ takes the people who harass Christians personal. HE is the one who protects believer. Saul was going around the country with the permission of the religious leaders to kill or imprison those who were followers of Christ. They wanted to end HIS church. They wanted to keep their place of authority in the Roman Empire. If the church grew their authority…