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Acts 8:3

As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.

KJV

Σαῦλος δὲ ἐλυμαίνετο τὴν ἐκκλησίαν κατὰ τοὺς οἴκους εἰσπορευόμενος, σύρων τε ἄνδρας καὶ γυναῖκας παρεδίδου εἰς φυλακήν.

Greek NT

Saulus autem devastabat ecclesiam per domos intrans, et trahens viros ac mulieres, tradebat in custodiam.

Vulgate

But Saul laid waste the church, entering into every house, and dragging men and women committed them to prison.

ASV

But Saul made havock of the church, entering in from house to house: and dragging away men and women, committed them to prison.

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Σαῦλος
saulos
noun · 15×
γυνή
gune
noun · 219×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εἰσπορεύομαι
eisporeuomai
verb · 18×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
λυμαίνομαι
lumainomai
verb · 1×
οἶκος
oikos
noun · 115×
παραδίδωμι
paradidomi
verb · 119×
σύρω
suro
verb · 5×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
φυλακή
phulake
noun · 46×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
ἐκκλησία
ekklesia
noun · 114×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

2. And let no one, says he, think that I speak only of the past: 1 Corinthians 4:11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger and thirst and are naked. Do you see that all the life of Christians must be such as this; and not merely a day or two? For though the wrestler who is victorious in a single contest only, be crowned, he is not crowned again if he suffer a fall. And hung…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 9:15 — But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
  • 1Cor 15:9 — For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
  • 1Cor 15:9 — For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
  • 1Tim 1:13 — Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
  • 1Tim 1:13 — Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
  • Acts 7:58 — And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.
  • Acts 9:1 — And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
  • Acts 9:13 — Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
  • Acts 9:21 — But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief
  • Acts 9:21 — But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief
  • Acts 16:19 — And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
  • Acts 22:19 — And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
  • Acts 22:19 — And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
  • Acts 26:10 — Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
  • Gal 1:13 — For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
  • Gal 1:13 — For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
  • Jas 2:6 — But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
  • Phil 3:6 — Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
  • Phil 3:6 — Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.