Acts 8
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Acts 8:1-3

11NowG1161 SaulG4569 approvedG4909 of puttingG336 2Stephen toG336 deathG336.

And on that dayG2250 a greatG3173 persecutionG1375 3beganG1096 againstG1909 4the churchG1577 in JerusalemG2414, and they were allG3956 5scatteredG1289 throughoutG2596 the regionsG5561 of JudeaG2449 and 6SamariaG4540, exceptG4133 for the apostlesG652. 2Some devoutG2126 menG435 buriedG4792 StephenG4736, and mournedG4160G2870 loudlyG3173 for him. 3But 7SaulG4569 began ravagingG3075 the churchG1577, enteringG1531 houseG3624 afterG2596 houseG3624; and he would 8dragG4951 awayG4951 menG435 and womenG1135 and 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 him ↩
  3. 3. Acts 8:1 Lit occurred ↩
  4. 4. Acts 8:1 Acts 9:31 ↩
  5. 5. Acts 8:1 Acts 8:4; 11:19 ↩
  6. 6. Acts 8:1 Acts 1:8; 8:5, 14; 9:31 ↩
  7. 7. 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 ↩
  8. 8. Acts 8:3 James 2:6 ↩

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