Acts 8:3

Good News Translation (US Version)

But Saul tried to destroy the church; going from house to house, he dragged out the believers, both men and women, and threw them into jail.

Cross References

1 Timothy 1:13

even though in the past I spoke evil of him and persecuted and insulted him. But God was merciful to me because I did not yet have faith and so did not know what I was doing.

Philippians 3:6

and I was so zealous that I persecuted the church. As far as a person can be righteous by obeying the commands of the Law, I was without fault.

Galatians 1:13

You have been told how I used to live when I was devoted to the Jewish religion, how I persecuted without mercy the church of God and did my best to destroy it.

1 Corinthians 15:9

For I am the least of all the apostles—I do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted God's church.

Acts 22:19

‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that I went to the synagogues and arrested and beat those who believe in you.

Acts 9:21

All who heard him were amazed and asked, “Isn't he the one who in Jerusalem was killing those who worship that man Jesus? And didn't he come here for the very purpose of arresting those people and taking them back to the chief priests?”

Acts 7:58

threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses left their cloaks in the care of a young man named Saul.

James 2:6

But you dishonor the poor! Who are the ones who oppress you and drag you before the judges? The rich!

Acts 8:2

Some devout men buried Stephen, mourning for him with loud cries.

Acts 16:19

When her owners realized that their chance of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them to the authorities in the public square.