Acts 8:1
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Saul Persecutes the Church
That day a severe persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout the countryside of Judea and Samaria.(A)
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Daniel 3:16-18
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16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to present a defense to you in this matter. 17 If our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire and out of your hand, O king, let him deliver us.[a] 18 But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods and we will not worship the golden statue that you have set up.”
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- 3.17 Or If our God whom we serve is able to deliver us, he will deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire and out of your hand, O king.
Acts 22:20
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20 And while the blood of your witness Stephen was shed, I myself was standing by, approving and keeping the coats of those who killed him.’(A)
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Acts 7:58
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58 Then they dragged him out of the city and began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.(A)
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Acts 5:40
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40 and when they had called in the apostles, they had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and let them go.(A)
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Acts 1:8
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8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”(A)
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Luke 11:49-50
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49 For this reason the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’(A) 50 so that this generation may be charged with the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world,
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Acts 8:14
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14 Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.(A)
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Acts 5:33
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33 When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them.(A)
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Exodus 10:28-29
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28 Then Pharaoh said to him, “Get away from me! Take care that you do not see my face again, for on the day you see my face you shall die.”(A) 29 Moses said, “Just as you say! I will never see your face again.”(B)
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Acts 9:31
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31 Meanwhile the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and was built up. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.(A)
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Acts 8:4
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Philip Preaches in Samaria
4 Now those who were scattered went from place to place proclaiming the word.(A)
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John 15:20
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20 Remember the word that I said to you, ‘Slaves are not greater than their master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.(A)
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