Acts 8:3

But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into the houses one after another, and dragging off both men and women delivered them up to prison.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.

In Context

2And pious men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him.

4Those then that had been scattered went through [the countries] announcing the glad tidings of the word.

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Cross References

Acts 9:1But Saul, still breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, came to the high priest

Acts 22:3*I* am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, educated according to [the] exactness of the law of [our] fathers, being zealous for God, as *ye* are all this day;

Acts 26:9*I* indeed myself thought that I ought to do much against the name of Jesus the Nazaraean.

Galatians 1:13For ye have heard [what was] my conversation formerly in Judaism, that I excessively persecuted the assembly of God, and ravaged it;

1 Timothy 1:13who before was a blasphemer and persecutor, and an insolent overbearing [man]: but mercy was shewn me 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 →

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