²⁰ And when the blood of Stephen ^(A)your witness was being shed, ^(B)I myself was standing by and ^(C)approving and ^(D)watching over the garments of those who killed him.’

Saul Ravages the Church

8 And ^(A)Saul ^(B)approved of his execution.

And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and ^(C)they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

⁵⁸ Then ^(A)they cast him out of the city and ^(B)stoned him. And ^(C)the witnesses laid down their garments ^(D)at the feet of a young man named Saul.

¹³ “‘I know where you dwell, ^(A)where Satan's throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not ^(B)deny my faith^[a] even in the days of Antipas ^(C)my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

³² Though they know ^(A)God's righteous decree that those who practice such things ^(B)deserve to die, they not only do them but ^(C)give approval to those who practice them.

⁶ And I saw the woman, drunk ^(A)with the blood of the saints, the blood of ^(B)the martyrs of Jesus.^[a]

When I saw her, I marveled greatly.

^10 (A)And I did so in Jerusalem. I not only locked up many of the saints in prison after receiving authority ^(B)from the chief priests, but ^(C)when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.

^48 (A)So you are witnesses and you ^(B)consent to the deeds of ^(C)your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their tombs.