¹¹ Great fear^(A) seized the whole church and all who heard about these events.

8 And Saul^(A) approved of their killing him.

The Church Persecuted and Scattered

On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered^(B) throughout Judea and Samaria.^(C)

⁵ So the churches were strengthened^(A) in the faith and grew daily in numbers.^(B)