58 dragged him out of the city(A) and began to stone him.(B) Meanwhile, the witnesses(C) laid their coats(D) at the feet of a young man named Saul.(E)

59 While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”(F)

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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) Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him.

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