Acts 8:1-4

Saul Attempts to Destroy the Church

1 And Saul was agreeing with his murder. Now there happened on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

2 And devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him.

3 But Saul was attempting to destroy the church. Entering {house after house}, he dragged off both men and women [and] delivered [them] to prison.

Philip Proclaims Christ in Samaria

4 Now those who had been scattered went about proclaiming the good news [of] the word.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "from house" [to house]
• [b] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("dragged off") has been translated as a finite verb
• [c] *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation