¹¹ And ^(A)great fear came over the whole church, and over all who heard about these things.

Saul Persecutes the Church

8 ^(A)Now Saul approved of putting ^[a]Stephen to death.

And on that day a great persecution ^[b]began against ^(B)the church in Jerusalem, and they were all ^(C)scattered throughout the regions of Judea and ^(D)Samaria, except for the apostles.

⁵ So ^(A)the churches were being strengthened ^[a]in the faith, and were ^(B)increasing in number daily.