Laid waste (ελυμαινετο). Imperfect middle of λυμαινομα, old verb (from λυμη, injury), to dishonour, defile, devastate, ruin. Only …

As for Saul. But Saul. He had no concern in the pious attentions shown to Stephen, but engaged with zeal in the work of persecution.

As for Saul, he made havoc of the church.—The tense in the Greek implies continuous action, and so indicates the severity of the p…

At first, we can hardly believe that this was the very man who afterwards became the greatest preacher of the gospel and the builder of the Church …

Luke has already used “godly men” to describe the Jews at Pentecost who were receptive to the working of God’s Spirit (2:5). He has also used the a…

But Saul. We must note two things here: how great the cruelty of the adversaries was, and how wonderful the goodness of God was, who deign…

As for Saul, he made havoc of the church
Did evil to the saints, destroyed them that called upon the name of Christ,…

Though persecution must not drive us from our work, yet it may send us to work elsewhere. Wherever the established believer is driven, he carries t…