Atti 8:3

3 Ma Saulo disertava la chiesa, entrando di casa in casa; e trattine uomini e donne, li metteva in prigione.

Atti 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 ) .

Atti 8:3 In-Context

1 OR Saulo era consenziente alla morte d’esso. Ed in quel tempo vi fu gran persecuzione contro alla chiesa ch’era in Gerusalemme; e tutti furono dispersi per le contrade della Giudea, e della Samaria, salvo gli apostoli.

2 Ed alcuni uomini religiosi portarono a seppellire Stefano, e fecero gran cordoglio di lui.

3 Ma Saulo disertava la chiesa, entrando di casa in casa; e trattine uomini e donne, li metteva in prigione.

4 Coloro adunque che furono dispersi andavano attorno, evangelizzando la parola.

5 E Filippo discese nella città di Samaria, e predicò loro Cristo.