Acts 8:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.”
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“But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But Saul laid waste the church, entering into every house, and dragging men and women committed them to prison.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and Saul was making havoc of the assembly, into every house entering, and haling men and women, was giving them up to prison;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 8:3 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 7:58They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
- Acts 9:1Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest
- Acts 9:21All who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”
- Acts 22:3“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today.
- Acts 22:19‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.
- Acts 26:9So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
- 1 Corinthians 15:9For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
- Galatians 1:13For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
- Philippians 3:6as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
- 1 Timothy 1:13I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
- James 2:6But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
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