Acts 8:3

Contemporary English Version 1995

Saul started making a lot of trouble for the church. He went from house to house, arresting men and women and putting them in jail.

Cross References

1 Timothy 1:13

I used to say terrible and insulting things about him, and I was cruel. But Christ had mercy on me because I didn't know what I was doing, and I had not yet put my faith in him.

Philippians 3:6

And I was so eager I even made trouble for the church. I did everything the Law demands in order to please God.

Galatians 1:13

You know how I used to live as a Jew. I was cruel to God's church and even tried to destroy it.

1 Corinthians 15:9

I am the least important of all the apostles. In fact, I caused so much trouble for God's church that I don't even deserve to be called an apostle.

Acts 22:19

I replied, “Lord, they know that in many of our synagogues I arrested and beat people who had faith in you.

Acts 9:21

Everyone who heard Saul was amazed and said, “Isn't this the man who caused so much trouble for those people in Jerusalem who worship in the name of Jesus? Didn't he come here to arrest them and take them to the chief priests?”

Acts 7:58

and dragged him out of the city. Then they started throwing stones at him. The men who had brought charges against him put their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.

James 2:6

You mistreat the poor. But isn't it the rich who boss you around and drag you off to court?

Acts 16:19

When the girl's owners realized they had lost all chances for making more money, they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them into court.