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.

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.

¹³ and they ^(A)set up false ^(B)witnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against ^(C)this holy place and the law,

^14 (A)“Bring out of the camp the one who cursed, and let all who heard him ^(B)lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him. ¹⁵ And speak to the people of Israel, saying, Whoever curses his God shall ^(C)bear his sin. ¹⁶ Whoever ^(D)blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.

^4 (A)I persecuted ^(B)this Way ^(C)to the death, binding and delivering to prison both men and women,

²⁹ And they rose up and ^(A)drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.

¹³ And the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him. And the worthless men brought a charge against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.

^7 (A)The hand of the witnesses shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So ^(B)you shall purge^[a] the evil^[b] from your midst.