Acts 8:3

But, Saul, went on to lay waste the assembly, along the houses, going in, and, dragging off both men and women, was

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.

In Context

2Howbeit reverent men assisted at the burial of Stephen, and made great lamentation over him.

4They, indeed, therefore, who were scattered abroad, passed through, telling the good-news of the word;

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Cross References

Acts 9:1But, Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, going unto the High-priest,

Acts 22:3I, am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but nurtured in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel,—trained after the strictness of our ancestral law; being jealous for God just as, all ye, are this day;

Acts 26:9I, therefore, imagined to myself, that, against the name of Jesus the Nazarene, it was needful, many hostile things, to bring about,—

Galatians 1:13For ye have heard, as to my own manner of life, at one time, in Judaism, how that, exceedingly, was I persecuting the assembly of God, and laying it waste,

1 Timothy 1:13Though, formerly, a defamer, and persecutor, and insulter; nevertheless mercy was shown me, because, without knowledge, I acted, 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 →

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