Acts 8:1-3 - Saul Attempts To Destroy The Church
1 With these words he fell asleep. And Saul fully approved of his murder. On this very day there broke out a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostle were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. 2 Devout men buried Stephen, and made loud lamentations over him. 3 But Saul was laying waste the church. He was wont to enter into every house, and to drag off men and women, and to commit them to prison.