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NASB					Acts 8:1 ^ASaul⁴⁵⁶⁹ was in hearty⁴⁹⁰⁹ agreement⁴⁹⁰⁹ with putting³³⁶ him to death³³⁶. ¶ And on that day²²⁵⁰ a great³¹⁷³ persecution¹³⁷⁵ ¹began¹⁰⁹⁶ against¹⁹⁰⁹ ^Bthe church¹⁵⁷⁷ in Jerusalem²⁴¹⁴, and they were all³⁹⁵⁶ ^Cscattered¹²⁸⁹ throughout²⁵⁹⁶ the regions⁵⁵⁶¹ of Judea²⁴⁵³ and ^DSamaria⁴⁵⁴⁰, except⁴¹³³ the apostles⁶⁵².
AMPLIFIED 2015					Acts 8:1 Saul wholeheartedly approved of Stephen's death. And on that day a great and relentless persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem; and the believers were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

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Acts 7:58 When they had driven him out of the city, they began stoning him; and the witnesses laid aside their robes at the feet of a young man named Saul.

Acts 9:31 ¶ So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace, being built up; and going on in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it continued to increase.

Acts 8:4 ¶ Therefore, those who had been scattered went about preaching the word.

Acts 1:8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth."

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336

anairesis; from 337; a taking up, a destroying, slaying:--putting...to death(1).

652

apostolos; from 649; a messenger, one sent on a mission, an apostle:--apostle(19), apostles(52), apostles'(5), messenger(1), messengers(1), is sent(1).

1096

ginomai; from a prim. root gen-; to come into being, to happen, to become:--accomplished(1), appeared(3), arise(1), arises(2), arose(6), arrived(3), became(53), become(83), becomes(8), becoming(2), been(12), been brought(1), been done(1), been made(2), been...came(1), began(1), behaved(1), being(2), come into being(1), being carried(1), being done(2), being made(2), born(5), breaking*(1), came(45), came into being(2), came to pass(2), come(16), comes(1), comes to pass(1), coming(1), dawn(1), decided*(1), developing(1), done(20), drawing(1), during(1), elapsed(1), existed*(1), falling(1), feeling(1), fell(6), finished(1), followed(1), formed(3), found(2), get(4), give(1), got(1), granted(1), grown*(1), had(1), happen(6), happened(46), happening(5), happens(3), has(3), join*(1), joined(3), made(15), occur(3), occurred(18), performed(4), prove(7), proved(6), proving(1), put(1), reached(2), realized(1), results(2), show(1), spent(1), split(1), spoken(1), starting(1), take place(16), taken(2), taken place(5), takes place(1), taking place(3), there arose(1), thundered*(1), took place(7), turned(1), turns(3), would(1).

1289

diaspeirô; from 1223 and 4687; to sow throughout, i.e. fig. disperse (in foreign lands):--scattered(3).

1375

diôgmos; from 1377; persecution:--persecution(5), persecutions(5).

1577

ekklêsia; from 1537 and 2564; an assembly, a (religious) congregation:--assembly(3), church(74), churches(35), congregation(2).

1909

epi; a prim. prep.; on, upon:--about(4), above(2), after(2), against(41), among(2), any(2), around(2), basis(4), because(2), because*(2), bedridden*(1), before(24), besides(1), beyond(1), certainly*(2), chamberlain*(1), charge(1), concerning(4), connection(1), embraced*(2), extent*(2), further*(3), inasmuch*(1), onto(1), over(57), passenger*(1), point(1), referring(1), time(3), together*(7), toward(5), truly*(2), under(1), under*(1), view(1), within(1).

2250

hêmera; a prim. word; day:--always*(1), court(1), daily*(10), day(207), day's(1), day...another(1), daybreak(1), days(148), daytime(2), midday*(1), time(12), years(4).

2414

Hierosoluma; of Heb. or. [3389]; Jerusalem, the capital of united Isr. and Judah:--Jerusalem(63).

2453

Ioudaios; from 2455; Jewish, a Jew, Judea:--Jew(21), Jewess(1), Jewish(8), Jews(163), Judea(46).

2596

kata; prep. of unc. or.; down, against, according to:--about(5), accord(1), accordance(12), according(140), accordingly(1), after(8), after another(1), against(52), along(1), along the coast(2), among(3), another(2), around(1), basis(1), because(2), before(1), beyond*(1), case*(2), certain(1), circumstances*(2), conforming(1), contrary(1), daily*(10), down(4), each(2), effect(1), every(10), every*(1), exactly*(1), excessively*(1), godly*(1), how*(1), inasmuch*(2), individually*(1), just(2), like(4), more(1), motives(1), natural*(1), off(2), one*(2), outwardly*(1), over(3), private*(1), privately*(7), reference(1), rightly*(1), standpoint(2), terms(2), through(1), throughout(6), together*(1), various(4), way(4), within(2).

3173

megas; a prim. word; great:--abundant(1), all the more(1), arrogant(1), big(2), completely*(1), fierce(2), great(115), great men(2), great things(2), greater(30), greater things(1), greatest(10), greatly*(1), grown*(1), high(2), huge(1), large(8), larger(2), larger ones(1), long time(1), loud(42), mighty(1), more important(2), older(1), one greater(1), perfectly(2), severe(2), stricter(1), strong(1), surprising(1), terribly(1), too much(1), very much(1), wide(1).

3956

pas; a prim. word; all, every:--all(731), all the things(7), all...things(1), all kinds(1), all men(14), all people(4), all respects(3), all things(126), all*(1), always*(3), any(16), any at all(1), anyone(3), anything(3), anything*(1), continually*(6), entire(4), every(128), every form(1), every kind(9), every respect(1), every way(2), everyone(71), everyone's(1), everyone*(1), everything(45), forever*(1), full(2), great(2), no*(15), none*(1), nothing(1), nothing*(1), one(4), perfectly(1), quite(1), whatever(3), whatever*(1), whoever(7), whole(18).

4133

plên; adv. from the cptv. form of 4183; yet, except:--besides(1), except(2), however(3), nevertheless(8), only(1), than(1), yet(3).

4540

Samareia; of Heb. or. [8111]; Samaria, the name of both a city and a region in Pal.:--Samaria(11).

4569

Saulos; a modified form of 4549; Saul, the Jewish name of the apostle Paul:--Saul(15).

4909

suneudokeô; from 4862 and 2106; to join in approving:--approve(1), approving(1), consents(2), give hearty approval(1), hearty agreement(1).

5561

chôra; a prim. word; a space, place, land:--country(15), fields(2), land(4), region(6), regions(1).

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