'Persecute' in the Bible

Which of the prophets didn't your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.

He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"

I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' He said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.'