Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Acts 8:1
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Acts8:1
CHAPTER 8
Ac 8:1-4. Persecution Continued, in Which Saul Takes a Prominent Part--How Overruled for Good.
1. 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 (Mt 10:23), though many doubtless remained, and others (as appears by Ac 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.
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