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OET (OET-LV) And Saulos was consenting to_the killing of_him.
And a_ great _persecution became on that the day, against the assembly, which was in Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim).
And all were_dispersed throughout the regions of_ the _Youdaia and Samareia/(Shomərōn), except the ambassadors.
OET (OET-RV) (And Saul was agreeing that Stephen should be executed.)
¶ That same day, intense persecution began against the assembly in Yerusalem, and so the believers fled throughout the regions of Yudea and Samaria, except for the twelve who stayed.
Note 1 topic: writing-background
Σαῦλος δὲ ἦν συνευδοκῶν τῇ ἀναιρέσει αὐτοῦ
Saul and was consenting ˱to˲_the killing ˱of˲_him
Luke is providing this background information to help readers understand why Saul was persecuting the church, as he relates in 8:3 and in Chapter 9. Use a natural way in your language for introducing background information. Alternate translation: “Now Saul approved of the Sanhedrin executing Stephen”
Note 2 topic: writing-newevent
ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, διωγμὸς μέγας ἐπὶ τὴν ἐκκλησίαν
became and on that ¬the day /a/_persecution great against the assembly
Luke uses this phrase to introduce a new event in the story, the scattering of the church and its witness beyond Jerusalem. Use the natural form in your language for introducing a new event. Alternate translation: “And so began that day a great persecution against the church”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ
on that ¬the day
Here, day is not a figurative word for “time.” Luke is referring to a specific day, the day on which Stephen was killed. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “on the day Stephen was killed,”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
πάντες & διεσπάρησαν
all & /were/_dispersed
If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “they all fled”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
πάντες & διεσπάρησαν
all & /were/_dispersed
The word all is a generalization that emphasizes that a large number of the believers were affected. Alternate translation: “many of the believers were scattered” or “many of the believers fled”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
πλὴν τῶν ἀποστόλων
except the ambassadors
The implication is that the apostles remained in Jerusalem, even though they too experienced this great persecution. Alternate translation: “except the apostles, who remained in Jerusalem despite the persecution”
8:1-4 Saul: Cp. 9:1-2; 22:4; 26:9-11; Gal 1:13-14. The result of this great wave of persecution was that all the believers . . . were scattered. Rather than having their enthusiasm dampened, however, they simply spread the Good News about Jesus wherever they went.
OET (OET-LV) And Saulos was consenting to_the killing of_him.
And a_ great _persecution became on that the day, against the assembly, which was in Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim).
And all were_dispersed throughout the regions of_ the _Youdaia and Samareia/(Shomərōn), except the ambassadors.
OET (OET-RV) (And Saul was agreeing that Stephen should be executed.)
¶ That same day, intense persecution began against the assembly in Yerusalem, and so the believers fled throughout the regions of Yudea and Samaria, except for the twelve who stayed.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and English gloss (7th line) are all thanks to the SR-GNT.