Bible: Acts 8:1-4; 8:5-25; 11:19-21
8:1 And Saul agreed completely with killing 1 him.
Saul Begins to Persecute the Church
Now on that day a great 2 persecution began 3 against the church in Jerusalem, 4 and all 5 except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions 6 of Judea and Samaria. 8:2 Some 7 devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation 8 over him. 9 8:3 But Saul was trying to destroy 10 the church; entering one house after another, he dragged off 11 both men and women and put them in prison. 12
Philip Preaches in Samaria
8:4 Now those who had been forced to scatter went around proclaiming the good news of the word.
8:5 The waters kept on receding 1 until the tenth month. On the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains became visible. 2
11:19 And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
11:20 When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug. 11:21 And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
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