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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Acts 8:1 - 8:1
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Act 8:1-4. Persecution continued, in which Saul takes a prominent part - How overruled for good.
Saul was consenting unto his death - The word expresses hearty approval.
they were all scattered abroad - all the leading Christians, particularly the preachers, agreeably to their Lord’s injunctions (Mat 10:23), though many doubtless remained, and others (as appears by Act 9:26-30) soon returned.
except the apostles - who remained, not certainly as being less exposed to danger, but, at whatever risk, to watch over the infant cause where it was most needful to cherish it.