Acts 8:1

BUT Saul was delighted with his execution. Now on that very day commenced a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and all, besides the apostles, were dispersed through the regions of Judea and Samaria.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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 Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.

In Context

2Then some pious men assembling, carried Stephen to his grave, and made great lamentation over him.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:25It is sufficient if the disciple be as his teacher, and the servant as his master. If they have called the master of the family Beelzebub, how much more his domestics?

Matthew 23:34Therefore, behold, I am sending to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye shall kill, and crucify; and some of them ye shall scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:

John 4:39Now many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him, on the report of the woman, who said, That he told me all things I ever had done.

Matthew Henry on Acts 8:1

In this chapter we have an account of the persecutions of the Christians, and the propagating of Christianity thereby. It was strange, but very true, that the disciples of Christ the more they were afflicted the more they multiplied. I. Here is the church suffering; upon the occasion of putting Stephen to death a very sharp storm arose, which forced many from Jerusalem, ver. 1-3 . II. Here is the church spreading by the ministry of Philip and others that were dispersed upon that occasion. We have here, 1. The… Read the whole commentary →

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