Acts 8:3
Moreover, Saul has-been-ravaging the out-calling, being-gone-into according-to the houses [i.e. houses by houses]. Dragging both men and women, he-has-been-giving-aside/delivering into custody.
Garth's Hyper-literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4So, on-the-other-hand, the sowed-through/dispersed come-through, good-message-izing the word.
Cross References
Acts 9:1Moreover, the Saul, still inhaling of{threats} and of{murder} into the disciples of{the Lord}, come[ing]-toward to{the chief-consecrated[i.e. chief priest]},
Acts 22:3"On-one-hand, I am-being [a] Judean man having-been-begotten in to{Tarsus} of{the Cilicia}; on-the-other-hand, having-been-nourished-up/anew in to{the city, the-same} beside the feet [of-]Gamaliel, having-been-child-ed/disciplined/instructed/educated according-to [the] precision of{the paternal law}, [a] zealot originating-under/undertaking of{the God} according-as all you are-being today,
Acts 26:9So, on-one-hand, I esteem to{myself} toward the name of{Jesus, the Nazarene} to-be-necessitating many in-opposition to-practice,
Galatians 1:13for you-hear the my turn-anew at-what-time in to{the Judaism} that according-to over-cast/inordinate-ness/disproportionate-ness I-have-been-chasing the out-calling of{the God} and have-been-devastating same,
1 Timothy 1:13the more-before being evil-assertive and chaser and rampager; contrariwise, I-am-shown-mercy, that without-knowing I-do in to{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 →