Acts 8:3
But Saul was laying waste the church, entering into the houses, and arresting men and women, he committed them to prison.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
2And godly men buried Stephen, and made great mourning over him.
4Therefore indeed, being dispersed abroad, they went everywhere preaching the word:
Cross References
Acts 9:1But Saul, still breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, having come to the high priest,
Acts 22:3And he says, I am Jewish man, having been born in Tarsus of Cilicia, having been brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the accuracy of patristic law, being a zealot of God, as you all are this day;
Acts 26:9Moreover indeed, I thought to myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazarene:
Galatians 1:13For you have heard of my life formerly in Judaism, that I was persecuting the church of God exceedingly, and destroying it:
1 Timothy 1:13being antecedently a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and an insulter: but I obtained mercy, because I did it in unbelief being ignorant;
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 →