Acts 8:3
BUT Shaol persecuted the church of Aloha, going to the houses, and drawing men and women delivered them to the house of the bound.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
2And faithful men laid Estephanos in his tomb, and mourned over him greatly.
4And they who were dispersed went about and preached the word of Aloha.
Cross References
Acts 9:1BUT Shaol was yet full of threatenings and murderous wrath against the disciples of our Lord.
Acts 22:3I am a man a Jihudoya; and I was born in Tarsos of Cilicia, but was brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and instructed perfectly in the law of our fathers. And I was zealous for Aloha, even as all of you are also.
Acts 26:9For I, at the first, proposed in my mind to do many things against the name of Jeshu Natsroya.
Galatians 1:13For you have heard of my former manners in Judaism, that I exceedingly persecuted the church of Aloha, and made it desolate.
1 Timothy 1:13who before was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious; but I received mercy, because while ignorant I did it, without faith.
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 →