⁴⁸ So you are witnesses and approve the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed them, and you build their tombs.

Saul Persecutes the Church

8 ^(A)Saul was in hearty agreement with putting him to death.

And on that day a great persecution ^[a]began against ^(B)the church in Jerusalem, and they were all ^(C)scattered throughout the regions of Judea and ^(D)Samaria, except the apostles.

²⁰ And ^(A)when the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I also was standing by approving, and watching out for the coats of those who were slaying him.’