Atos 8:3

3 Saulo porém, assolava a igreja, entrando pelas casas e, arrastando homens e mulheres, os entregava � prisão.

Atos 8:3 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 8:3

As for Saul, he made havoc of the church
Did evil to the saints, destroyed them that called upon the name of Christ, ( Acts 9:13 Acts 9:21 ) and persecuted and wasted the church of God, as he himself says, ( 1:13 ) and now did Benjamin, of which tribe Saul was, ravine as a wolf, ( Genesis 49:27 )

Entering into every house;
where the saints dwelt:

and haling men and women:
in a violent manner, without any regard to age or sex:

committed them to prison;
delivered them up into the hands of the chief priests and magistrates, in order to be committed and sent to prison; this he himself confesses, ( Acts 22:4 ) ( 26:10 ) .

Atos 8:3 In-Context

1 Naquele dia levantou-se grande perseguição contra a igreja que estava em Jerusalém; e todos exceto os apóstolos, foram dispersos pelas regiões da Judéia e da Samária.

2 E uns homens piedosos sepultaram a Estêvão, e fizeram grande pranto sobre ele.

3 Saulo porém, assolava a igreja, entrando pelas casas e, arrastando homens e mulheres, os entregava � prisão.

4 No entanto os que foram dispersos iam por toda parte, anunciando a palavra.

5 E descendo Filipe � cidade de Samária, pregava-lhes a Cristo.