As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed [them] to prison.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Saul, de son côté, ravageait l'Eglise; pénétrant dans les maisons, il en arrachait hommes et femmes, et les faisait jeter en prison.
KJV
As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed [them] to prison.
Eusebius of Caesarea
Historia Ecclesiastica
Ἀντιοχείας οὔπω μὲν ἔθνεσιν οἷοί τε ἦσαν τοῦ τῆς πίστεως μεταδιδόναι λόγου τολμᾶν, μόνοις δὲ τοῦτον Acts 8, 3 Ἰουδαίοις κατήγγελλον. τηνικαῦτα καὶ Παῦλος ἐλυμαίνετο εἰς ἔτι τότε τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, κατ᾿ οἴκους τῶν πιστῶν εἰσπορευόμενος σύρων τε ἄνδρας καὶ γυναῖκας καὶ εἰς φυλακὴν παρα…
Origen
Fragmentum In Lamentationes (In Catenis de Octateucho)
πραττόμενον ἄδικον ᾖ καὶ ἡ προαίρεσις κακοποιητίκη. 3 Vgl. Deut. 16, 20. — 12 Matth. 6, 2. - 17 Vgl. Act. 8, 3. 2 Überschrift z. B. im cod. Ven. Marc. gr. 534 saec. XI fol. 221v u. im Coisl. VI (Montfaucon Bibl. Coisl. p. 42). In der Oktateuchkatene wird das Fragment zu Deut. 16,…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 100 (Migne)
apostolo manifestissima sit prophetia omnibus patet. In adolescentia enim persecutus est Ecclesiam (Act. VIII, 3) ; in senectute praedicator Evangelii factus est (Gal. I, 13) . Hebraei autem ita dixerunt [ Ms., disserunt]: altare in quo immolabantur hostiae, et victimarum sangui…
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