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Trouble for the Believers

2-3 Some religious men buried Stephen. They cried very loudly for him. On that day people began trying to hurt the church in Jerusalem and make it suffer. Saul was also trying to destroy the church. He went from house to house. He dragged out men and women and put them in jail. All the believers, except the apostles, went to different places in Judea and Samaria. And everywhere the believers were scattered, they told people the Good News.

Philip Preaches in Samaria

Philip[a] went to the city[b] of Samaria and preached about the Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. 8:5 Philip Not the apostle named Philip.
  2. 8:5 the city Some Greek copies read “a city.”

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