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Acts 8:1-2
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Acts 8:1-2
New English Translation
8 1 And Saul agreed completely with killing[a] him.
Saul Begins to Persecute the Church
Now on that day a great[b] persecution began[c] against the church in Jerusalem, and all[d] except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions[e] of Judea and Samaria. 2 Some[f] devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation[g] over him.[h]
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- Acts 8:1 tn The term ἀναίρεσις (anairesis) can refer to murder (BDAG 64 s.v.; 2 Macc 5:13; Josephus, Ant. 5.2.12 [5.165]).
- Acts 8:1 tn Or “severe.”
- Acts 8:1 tn Grk “Now there happened on that day a great persecution.” It is less awkward to say in English “Now on that day a great persecution began.”
- Acts 8:1 sn All. Given that the Jerusalem church is still active after this and that the Hellenists are the focus of Acts 6-8, it is possible to argue that only the Hellenistic Christians were forced to scatter.
- Acts 8:1 tn Or “countryside.”
- Acts 8:2 tn “Some” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.
- Acts 8:2 sn Made loud lamentation. For someone who was stoned to death, lamentation was normally not allowed (m. Sanhedrin 6:6). The remark points to an unjust death.
- Acts 8:2 tn Or “mourned greatly for him.”
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