Acts 8:1-4

1Saul was standing there while the Jewish leaders killed Stephen. He agreed with what they did. On the same day that Stephen died, the group of believers who lived in Jerusalem began to have great trouble. People did bad things to them. All the believers left Jerusalem and went to other places in Judea and Samaria. Only Jesus' 12 apostles stayed in Jerusalem.

2Some good men who loved God buried Stephen's dead body. They were very sad and they cried with loud voices.

3But Saul brought great trouble to the believers. He wanted to destroy their whole group. So he went to all their houses. He took hold of the believers and he put them into prison. He did that to both men and women.

4The believers who had left Jerusalem went to many different towns. In each place, they told the people the message about Jesus.