Acts 8:1-3

New International Reader's Version

8 And Saul had agreed with the Sanhedrin that Stephen should die.

The Church Is Treated Badly and Scattered

On that day the church in Jerusalem began to be attacked and treated badly. All except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. ² Godly Jews buried Stephen. They mourned deeply for him. ³ But Saul began to destroy the church. He went from house to house. He dragged away men and women and put them in prison.