Acts 8:1-5

Saul Persecutes the Church

1 ¹Saul was in hearty agreement with putting him to death. And on that day a great persecution began against² the church in Jerusalem, and they were all³ scattered throughout the regions of Judea and ⁴ Samaria, except the apostles.

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

3 But ⁵Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house, and ⁶dragging off men and women, he would put them in prison.

Philip in Samaria

4 Therefore, those ⁷who had been scattered went about ⁸preaching the word.

5 ⁹Philip went down to the city of Samaria and began proclaiming Christ to them.

Cross References

• 1. Acts 7:58; Acts 22:20; Acts 26:10
• 2. Acts 9:31
• 3. Acts 8:4; Acts 11:19
• 4. Acts 1:8; Acts 8:5, 14; Acts 9:31
• 5. Acts 9:1, 13, 21; Acts 22:4, 19; Acts 26:10; 1 Corinthians 15:9; Galatians 1:13; Philippians 3:6; 1 Timothy 1:13
• 6. James 2:6
• 7. Acts 8:1
• 8. Acts 8:12; Acts 15:35
• 9. Acts 6:5; Acts 8:26, 30

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "occurred"
• [b]. Or "bringing the good news of"
• [c]. I.e. the Messiah