Acts 8:1-3 ▼

1 Saul wholeheartedly approved of Stephen’s death. And on that day a great and relentless persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem; and the believers were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

2 Some devout men buried Stephen, and mourned greatly over him [expressing a personal sense of loss].

3 But Saul began ravaging the church [and assaulting believers]; entering house after house and dragging off men and women, putting them in prison.