Acts 8:3
Then Saul was laying waste to the Church by entering throughout the houses, and dragging away men and women, and committing them to prison.
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2But God-fearing men arranged for Stephen’s funeral, and they made a great mourning over him.
4Therefore, those who had been dispersed were traveling around, evangelizing the Word of God.
Cross References
Acts 9:1Now Saul, still breathing threats and beatings against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
Acts 22:3And he said: “I am a Jewish man, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but raised in this city beside the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the truth of the law of the fathers, zealous for the law, just as all of you also are to this day.
Acts 26:9And certainly, I myself formerly considered that I ought to act in many ways which are contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
Galatians 1:13For you have heard of my former behavior within Judaism: that, beyond measure, I persecuted the Church of God and fought against Her.
1 Timothy 1:13though previously I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and contemptuous. But then I obtained the mercy of God. For I had been acting 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 →