Acts 8
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Acts 8:1-3

11SaulG4569 was in heartyG4909 agreementG4909 with puttingG336 him to deathG336.

And on that dayG2250 a greatG3173 persecutionG1375 2beganG1096 againstG1909 3the churchG1577 in JerusalemG2414, and they were allG3956 4scatteredG1289 throughoutG2596 the regionsG5561 of JudeaG2453 and 5SamariaG4540, exceptG4133 the apostlesG652. 2Some devoutG2126 menG435 buriedG4792 StephenG4736, and madeG4160 loudG3173 lamentationG2870 overG1909 him. 3But 6SaulG4569 began ravagingG3075 the churchG1577, enteringG1531 houseG3624 afterG2596 houseG3624, and 7draggingG4951 off menG435 and womenG1135, he would putG3860 them in prisonG5438.

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 8:1 Acts 7:58; 22:20; 26:10 ↩
  2. 2. Acts 8:1 Lit occurred ↩
  3. 3. Acts 8:1 Acts 9:31 ↩
  4. 4. Acts 8:1 Acts 8:4; 11:19 ↩
  5. 5. Acts 8:1 Acts 1:8; 8:5, 14; 9:31 ↩
  6. 6. Acts 8:3 Acts 9:1, 13, 21; 22:4, 19; 26:10f; 1 Cor 15:9; Gal 1:13; Phil 3:6; 1 Tim 1:13 ↩
  7. 7. Acts 8:3 James 2:6 ↩

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