They only heard the report: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”
NMVBut they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preaches the faith which once he destroyed.
OJBOnly they were hearing that “the one once bringing redifah (persecution) upon us is now preaching the Emunah which once he was pillaging.”
RVbut they only heard say, He that once persecuted us now preacheth the faith of which he once made havock;
TCENTThey were only hearing people say, “The man who once persecuted us is now preaching the good news of the faith he once tried to destroy.”
T4TThey only heard others say about me repeatedly, “Paul, the one who was formerly doing harmful things to us, is now telling the same message which we believe and which formerly he was trying ◄to destroy/to cause people to stop believing►!”