Acts 8:3
But Saul was laying waste the church. He was wont to enter into every house, and to drag off men and women, and to commit them to prison.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2Devout men buried Stephen, and made loud lamentations over him.
4So those who were scattered abroad were going everywhere preaching the word.
Cross References
Acts 9:1Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats of murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
Acts 22:3"I am a Jew," he said, "born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the strict manner of the Law of our forefathers, ardent for God, even as you all are this day.
Acts 26:9"I indeed once thought with myself that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus, the Nazarene.
Galatians 1:13For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how furiously I used to persecute the church of God, and how I kept seeking to root it out;
1 Timothy 1:13although I had formerly been a blasphemer and a persecutor and a doer of outrage. But I obtained mercy because I acted 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 →