Acts 8:1-8 And Saul was consenting to his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem… 1. The martyr Stephen waters the Church with his blood. 2. The raging Saul serves, even as a persecutor, unconsciously to the extension of the kingdom of Christ. 3. The fugitive Christians are the first messengers of the gospel to a distance. (K. Gerok.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles. |