Acts 8:1-3 - Saul Attempts To Destroy The Church
1 And Saul was approving the killing of him. And on that day there developed a great persecution against the church at Jerusalem. And they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 And devout men arranged to bury Stephen, and they made great lamentation over him. 3 But Saul was ravaging the church, entering from house to house. Dragging both men and women, he gave them over to prison.