Act 7:58, 8:1-4, 9:1-2, 13-14, 21, 22:19-20, 26:9-11, 1Cor 15:9, Phili 3:6 | ESV | STEP | Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul .

Acts 7:58

58 Then ^athey cast him out of the city and ^bstoned him. And ^cthe witnesses laid down their garments ^dat the feet of a young man named Saul.

Acts 8:1-4

Saul Ravages the Church

1 And ^eSaul ^fapproved of his execution.

And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and ^gthey were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him. 3 But ^hSaul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he ⁱdragged off men and women and committed them to prison.

Philip Proclaims Christ in Samaria

4 Now ^jthose who were scattered went about preaching the word.

Acts 9:1-2

The Conversion of Saul

1 But Saul, ^kstill ^lbreathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to ^mthe high priest 2 and asked him for letters ⁿto the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to ^othe Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

Acts 9:13-14

13 But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, ^phow much evil he has done to ^qyour ^rsaints at Jerusalem. 14 And here he has authority from ^sthe chief priests to bind all who ^tcall on your name.”

Acts 9:21

21 And all who heard him were amazed and said, “Is not this the man who ^umade havoc ^vin Jerusalem of those who called upon this name? And has he not come here for this purpose, to bring them bound before the chief priests?”

Acts 22:19-20

19 And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that in one synagogue after another ^wI imprisoned and ^xbeat those who believed in you. 20 And when the blood of Stephen ^yyour witness was being shed, ^zI myself was standing by and ^aaapproving and ^abwatching over the garments of those who killed him.’

Acts 26:9-11

9 ^ac“I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of ^adJesus of Nazareth. 10 ^aeAnd I did so in Jerusalem. I not only locked up many of the saints in prison after receiving authority ^affrom the chief priests, but ^agwhen they were put to death I cast my vote against them. 11 And ^ahI punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them ^aiblaspheme, and ^ajin raging fury against them I ^akpersecuted them even to foreign cities.

1 Corinthians 15:9

9 For ^alI am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because ^amI persecuted the church of God.

Philippians 3:6

6 ^anas to zeal, ^aoa persecutor of the church; ^apas to righteousness under the law, ^{▼▼Greek in the law} blameless.