Acts 8:1-3

11Now Saul approved of putting 2Stephen to death.

And on that day a great persecution 3began against 4the church in Jerusalem, and they were all 5scattered throughout the regions of Judea and 6Samaria, except for the apostles. 2Some devout men buried Stephen, and mourned loudly for him. 3But 7Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house; and he would 8drag away men and women and put them in prison.