Acts 8:3
But Saul was doing injury to the church, going in from house to house, and dragging away both men and women, and putting them in prison. 1 Philip in Samaria
English Majority Text (NT)
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In Context
2And godly men buried Stephen, and they mourned deeply for him.
4Therefore those who were scattered went about preaching the word.
Cross References
Acts 9:1Then Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
Acts 22:3“I am indeed a Jew, having been born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but having been brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, having been educated according to the exactness of the law of our forefathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today.
Acts 26:9“Therefore I thought in myself that it was necessary to do many hostile things against the name of Jesus the Nazarene;
Galatians 1:13For you have heard of my former conduct at one time in Judaism, that beyond measure I used to persecute the church of God, and I was devastating it.
1 Timothy 1:13I, who was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I was shown mercy, because, being ignorant, I did it 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 →