And Saul agreed completely with killing<n id="1" /> him.p><t /><p class="bodytext">Now on that day a great<n id="2" /> persecution began<n id="3" /> against the church in Jerusalem,<n id="4" /> and all<n id="5" /> except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions<n id="6" /> of Judea and Samaria.

And when the blood of your witness<n id="1" /> Stephen was shed,<n id="2" /> I myself was standing nearby, approving,<n id="3" /> and guarding the cloaks<n id="4" /> of those who were killing him.&#8217;<n id="5" />