⁵⁹ They went on stoning Stephen as he ^(A)called on the Lord and said, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

Saul Persecutes the Church

8 ^(A)Now Saul approved of putting ^[a]Stephen to death.

And on that day a great persecution ^[b]began against ^(B)the church in Jerusalem, and they were all ^(C)scattered throughout the regions of Judea and ^(D)Samaria, except for the apostles.