Thematic Bible: Persecutes the Christians; present at, and gives consent to, the stoning of stephen


Thematic Bible



But Saul kept trying to destroy the church. Going into one house after another, he began dragging off men and women and throwing them in prison.

Meanwhile, still spewing death threats against the Lord's disciples, Saul went to the high priest.

Now Saul heartily approved of putting Stephen to death. That day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and everyone except for the apostles was scattered throughout the countryside of Judea and Samaria.

ran him outside of the city, and began to stone him to death. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.

I persecuted this Way, even executing people, and kept tying up both men and women and putting them in prison,


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