Acts 8:3
As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
King James Version
In Context
2And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
4Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
Cross References
Acts 9:1And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
Acts 22:3I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
Acts 26:9I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Galatians 1:13For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
1 Timothy 1:13Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
Matthew Henry on Acts 8:2-4
Persecution of the Church. 1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judæa and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. 3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison. In these verses we have, I. Something more… Read the whole commentary →