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Acts 8:2-4
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2 (But some godly Jews[a] came and with great sorrow buried Stephen.) 3 Paul was like a wild man, going everywhere to devastate the believers, even entering private homes and dragging out men and women alike and jailing them.

4 But the believers[b] who had fled Jerusalem went everywhere preaching the Good News about Jesus!

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  1. Acts 8:2 godly Jews, literally, “devout men.” It is not clear whether these were Christians who braved the persecution, or whether they were godly and sympathetic Jews.
  2. Acts 8:4 the believers, literally, “the church.”
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Acts 8:2-4
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2 Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. 3 But Saul(A) began to destroy the church.(B) Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.

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4 Those who had been scattered(C) preached the word wherever they went.(D)

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