Acts 8:1

New American Bible - revised edition

Now Saul was consenting to his execution. Persecution of the Church. On that day, there broke out a severe persecution of the church in Jerusalem, and all were scattered throughout the countryside of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

Cross References

Nehemiah 6:3

I sent messengers to them with this reply: “I am engaged in a great enterprise and am unable to come down. Why should the work stop, while I leave it to come down to you?”

Daniel 6:10

So King Darius signed the prohibition into law.

Daniel 6:23

My God sent his angel and closed the lions’ mouths so that they have not hurt me. For I have been found innocent before him; neither have I done you any harm, O king!”

Matthew 22:6

The rest laid hold of his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

Matthew 23:34

Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and pursue from town to town,

Matthew 5:13

“You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.

John 15:20

Remember the word I spoke to you, ‘No slave is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

John 16:2

They will expel you from the synagogues; in fact, the hour is coming when everyone who kills you will think he is offering worship to God.

Acts 1:8

But you will receive power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 13:1

Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Symeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who was a close friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

Acts 13:36

Now David, after he had served the will of God in his lifetime, fell asleep, was gathered to his ancestors, and did see corruption.

Acts 2:47

praising God and enjoying favor with all the people. And every day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.

Acts 22:20

And when the blood of your witness Stephen was being shed, I myself stood by giving my approval and keeping guard over the cloaks of his murderers.’

Acts 26:10

and I did so in Jerusalem. I imprisoned many of the holy ones with the authorization I received from the chief priests, and when they were to be put to death I cast my vote against them.

Acts 5:18

laid hands upon the apostles and put them in the public jail.

Acts 5:20

“Go and take your place in the temple area, and tell the people everything about this life.”

Acts 5:33

When they heard this, they became infuriated and wanted to put them to death.

Acts 5:40

After recalling the apostles, they had them flogged, ordered them to stop speaking in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them.

Acts 7:38

It was he who, in the assembly in the desert, was with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and with our ancestors, and he received living utterances to hand on to us.

Acts 7:54

When they heard this, they were infuriated, and they ground their teeth at him.

Acts 7:58

They threw him out of the city, and began to stone him. The witnesses laid down their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.

Acts 8:14

Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent them Peter and John,

Acts 8:2

Devout men buried Stephen and made a loud lament over him.

Acts 8:4

Now those who had been scattered went about preaching the word.

Acts 8:5

Thus Philip went down to [the] city of Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah to them.

Acts 9:31

The church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria was at peace. It was being built up and walked in the fear of the Lord, and with the consolation of the holy Spirit it grew in numbers. Peter Heals Aeneas at Lydda.

Romans 1:32

Although they know the just decree of God that all who practice such things deserve death, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.

Philippians 1:12

I want you to know, brothers, that my situation has turned out rather to advance the gospel,

Hebrews 11:27

By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s fury, for he persevered as if seeing the one who is invisible.