(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 Judea and Samaria,
except the apostles.
(NASB2020)
aNow Saul approved of
putting ▼Stephen
to death.
And on that
day a
great persecution ▼began against dthe
church in
Jerusalem, and they were
all escattered throughout the
regions of
Judea and
fSamaria,
except for the
apostles.
(NET2full)
And Saul agreed completely with
killing ▼▼tn The term
ἀναίρεσις (
anairesis) can refer to murder (BDAG 64 s.v.; 2 Macc 5:13; Josephus,
Ant. 5.2.12 [5.165]).
him.
Now on that day a
great ▼ persecution began
▼▼tn Grk “Now there happened on that day a great persecution.” It is less awkward to say in English “Now on that day a great persecution began.”
against the
church in Jerusalem,
and all ▼▼sn All. Given that the Jerusalem church is still active after this and that the Hellenists are the focus of
Acts 6-8, it is possible to argue that only the Hellenistic Christians were forced to scatter.
except the
apostles were
forced to scatter throughout the
regions ▼ of
Judea and Samaria.
