Acts 8:3
But Saul ravaged the church, entering house after house, and dragging both men and women, committed them to prison.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
4Now those that had been scattered abroad went through the country preaching the word.
Cross References
Acts 9:1But Saul, yet breathing out threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
Acts 22:3I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, hut brought up in this city, taught at the feet of Gamaliel in the strictness of the Law of our fathers, being zealous for God, as ye all are this day.
Acts 26:9I indeed thought with myself that I ought to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.
Galatians 1:13For ye have heard of my conduct formerly in Judaism; that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and was destroying it,
1 Timothy 1:13though formerly I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and a doer of outrage; 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 →