Acts 8:1-3 - Saul Attempts To Destroy The Church
1 And Saul consented to his death. And at that time there was a great persecution of the church at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad through the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 And pious men buried Stephen and made a great lamentation for him. 3 But Saul persecuted the church, and going from house to house, seizing men and women, committed them to prison.