Saul Begins to Persecute the Church

Now on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria. 2  Some devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him. 3  But Saul was trying to destroy the church; entering one house after another, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.