Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 8:3
Saul made havoc of the Church — Like some furious beast of prey. So the Greek word properly signifies. Men and women — Regarding neither age nor sex.
Saul made havoc of the Church — Like some furious beast of prey. So the Greek word properly signifies. Men and women — Regarding neither age nor sex.
Verse Acts 8:3. _SAUL MADE HAVOC OF THE CHURCH_] The word ελυμαινετο, from λυμαινω, to _destroy, devastate, ravage_, signifies the act of _ferocious animals_, such as _bears, wolves_, and the like, i...
AS FOR SAUL - But Saul. He took no interest or part in the pious attentions shown to Stephen, but engaged with zeal in the work of persecution. HE MADE HAVOC - ἐλυμαίνετο elumaineto. This word is co...
PART II The Witness to Samaria. Saul's Conversion and Peter's Witness in Caesarea. Chapter s 8-12 CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The first great persecution (Acts 8:1)._ 2. The preaching of the scattered believ...
ACTS 8:1_ B_ - ACTS 8:4. PERSECUTION AND DISPERSION. There has been no great persecution of the believers as yet. A night's imprisonment and beating was all they had to suffer. Now we are told that on...
At that time a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem. They were all scattered abroad throughout the districts of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles. Pious men carried Stephe...
THE FIRST OF THE MARTYRS (Acts 7:54-60 ; Acts 8:1) 8:1 As they listened to this their very hearts were torn with vexation and they gnashed their teeth at him. But he was full of the Holy Spirit and h...
AS FOR. But. MADE HAVOCK OF. Greek. _lumainoimai._ Only here EVERY HOUSE. Greek. _kata_ App-104 _tous oikous =_ house by house HALING. dragging Gr _. suro._ See note on John 21:8. WOMEN. Compare Ac...
_As for_[But] _Saul, he made havock of the church_ His own words will best describe his action (Acts 22:4), "I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and wome...
ἘΛΥΜΑΊΝΕΤΟ, _he made havock of_. His own words (Acts 22:4) are ‘I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.’ For the verb cf. LXX. Psalms 79:13 ἐλυμήν...
Acts 8:1-4. PERSECUTION AFTER THE DEATH OF STEPHEN...
_THE THIRD JEWISH PERSECUTION ACTS 8:1-4:_ Saul consented to Stephen's death. He led a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem. The persecution that followed the death of Stephen caused the...
ΈΛΥΜΑΊΝΕΤΟ _impf. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΛΥΜΑΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G3075) опустошать, разрушать. Относится к физическим увечьям, в особенности причиненным диким зверем (LC). _Impf._ указывает на длительное действие,...
HE MADE HAVOCK OF THE CHURCH— He _ravaged_ it, like some furious beast of prey. This is the proper signification of the word ελυμσινετο, which is often applied to the ravages of the desert....
THE CHURCH IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA Acts 8:1, Acts 12:25 THE DISPERSION THE WORK OF PHILIP THE WORK OF PETER AND JOHN 8:1-40. A. THE DISPERSION....
See notes on verse 1...
As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison. AS FOR SAUL, HE MADE HAVOC OF THE CHURCH, ENTERING INTO EVERY HOUSE - like...
41 Idolatry is, etymologically, the offering of divine service to that which can be perceived by the senses. In this way, all objects of worship, even if they are supposed to be representations of the...
THE ESTABLISHMENT AND PROGRESS OF THE CHURCH AT JERUSALEM (ACTS 1:1 TO ACTS 8:3) The Acts of the Apostles] A more adequate title would be 'The Acts of Peter and Paul,' the Acts of Peter extending fro...
PHILIP IN SAMARIA. SIMON MAGUS The graphic details of the ministry of Philip which follow, were doubtless obtained from Philip himself. St. Luke stayed at his house at Cæsarea, and made the acquaintan...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 8 SAUL *PERSECUTES THE CHRISTIANS, 8:1-4 V1 Saul approved of Stephen’s murder. That same day, the Christians in *Jerusalem suffered very much....
AS FOR SAUL, HE MADE HAVOCK OF THE CHURCH. — The tense in the Greek implies continuous action, and so indicates the severity of the persecution. Further details are given by St. Paul himself. He “pers...
CHAPTER 2 THE CONVERSION OF THE PERSECUTOR. Acts 8:3; Acts 9:1 WE have in the last chapter traced the course of St. Paul's life as we know it from his own reminiscences, from hints in Holy Scripture...
ἐλυμαίνετο : deponent verb, used in classical Greek of personal outrage (λύμη), of scourging and torturing, of outraging the dead, of the ruin and devastation caused by an army (Wetstein). In the LXX...
FRUITS OF THE SCATTERED SEED Acts 8:1-13 Evidently Stephen was beloved outside the precincts of the Church, for it would seem that the devout men who lamented his early death and carried his poor bod...
The popular outburst against Christianity evidenced in the martyrdom of Stephen was general. Members of the Church at Jerusalem were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. How dark the day seemed to...
The Church Persecuted by Saul Luke told Theophilus that Saul, by holding the coats of those who stoned Stephen, had given consent to his death. Immediately following this violent act, an intense perio...
(3) As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed [them] to prison. (3) The dispersion or scattering abroad of the faithful is the gathering...
PERSECUTIONS 3. Saul of Tarsus, flooded with native talents, literary culture, ecclesiastical prominence and unparalleled aspirations to reach the very acme of his transcendent and ambitious aspiratio...
And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and...
We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in var...
3._But Saul. _We must note two things in this place, how great the cruelty of the adversaries was, and how wonderful the goodness of God was, who vouchsafed to make Paul a pastor of so cruel a wolf. F...
Saul was present at Stephen's death, and consenting to it. [14] This is the end of the first phase of the assembly of God its history in immediate connection with Jerusalem and the Jews, as the centre...
AS FOR SAUL, HE MADE HAVOC OF THE CHURCH,.... Did evil to the saints, destroyed them that called upon the name of Christ, Acts 9:13 and persecuted and wasted the church of God, as he himself says, Gal...
As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed _them_ to prison. Ver. 3. _Made havoc of the church_] Being (as some think) that ravening wolf...
_As for Saul_ Who was one of the main instruments in this persecution; _he made havoc of the church_ Like some furious beast of prey. So the Greek word properly signifies. He did his utmost to ruin it...
MADE HAVOC; furiously assaulted and laid waste. HAILING; or hauling, dragging by force....
AS FOR SAUL, HE MADE HAVOC OF THE CHURCH, ENTERING INTO EVERY HOUSE, AND, HALING MEN AND WOMEN, COMMITTED THEM TO PRISON. The young man Saul had been a witness of Stephen's stoning, and had considered...
THE GOSPEL PLANTED IN SAMARIA. The burial of Stephen and the hatred of Saul:...
As a wild beast tasting blood, the Jews were the more inflamed by the martyrdom of Stephen to greatly persecute the Church of God at Jerusalem. For this reason believers were scattered through Judea a...
AS FOR SAUL, HE MADE HAVOC OF THE CHURCH, ENTERING EVERY HOUSE, AND DRAGGING OFF MEN AND WOMEN, COMMITTING _THEM_ TO PRISON. 1. Havoc - Thayer says - to treat shamefully or with injury, to ravage, de...
But Saul laid waste the church, entering into every house, and dragging men and women committed them to prison. 'LAID WASTE'-3075. lumainomai loo-mah'-ee-nom-ahee; middle voice from. probably derivat...
1-4 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 the knowledge of the gospel, and makes known the p...
HE MADE HAVOC OF THE CHURCH; Saul was a degree beyond the ordinary sort of persecutors, and was, as he does acknowledge himself, eminently _injurious,_ 1 TIMOTHY 1:13. ENTERING INTO EVERY HOUSE; house...
Acts 8:3 As G1161 Saul G4569 havoc G3075 (G5711) church G1577 entering G1531 (G5740) every G2596 house...
‘But Saul laid waste the church, entering into every house, and, dragging men and women, committed them to prison.' There is a deliberate contrast here. While ‘devout men' were burying the fiery Steph...
THE CONTINUING MINISTRY OF PETER (9:32-11:18). In preparing for the Gentile ministry of Paul, a preparation which has included what we have just considered concerning his conversion and ministry to Je...
Acts 8:3. AS FOR SAUL, HE MADE HAVOCK OF THE CHURCH. We gather some notion respecting the extreme severity of this first persecution, from casual expressions in the Acts, and from the epistles of him...
LAID WASTE (ελυμαινετο). Imperfect middle of λυμαινομα, old verb (from λυμη, injury), to dishonour, defile, devastate, ruin. Only here in the N.T. Like the laying waste of a vineyard by a wild boar...
Acts 8:3 _(with Acts 14:19; Acts 9:1; Acts 23:12, etc.)_ The Smiter Smitten. We learn from these texts: I. That a man's life comes back upon him....
Stephen had been stoned to death; but with his latest breath he prayed for his murderers. Then this chapter begins: Acts 8:1. _And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a gre...
CONTENTS: Saul persecuting Christians. The first missionaries. The case of Simon, the sorcerer. Philip and the Ethiopian. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Saul, Stephen, Philip, Simon, apostles,...
Acts 8:1. _At that time there was a great persecution against the church._ With regard to this very tremendous storm which suddenly burst on the infant church, Cardinal Baronius, in his Ecclesiastical...
BUT SAUL TRIED TO DESTROY THE CHURCH. He did this because he BELIEVED they were God's enemies. Saul always did what he thought God wanted him to do. Compare Acts 23:1. [The Jews of the first century b...
_As for Saul, he made havoc of the Church._ THE SMITER SMITTEN Read and compare the following passages, the text and Acts 14:19; Acts 9:1; Acts 23:12;...
_And Saul was consenting to his death._ THREE GREAT FIGURES IN THE CHURCH I. The persecuting Saul. In this part of the narrative the name of Saul occurs three times (Acts 7:58; Acts 8:1; Acts 8:3). H...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 8:3 Saul (later called Paul) was instrumental in the persecution, as he testifies later in Acts 1:1 (Acts 22:4;...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 8:1. CONSENTING.—Compare Acts 22:20; Luke 11:48; Romans 1:32. Luke had probably often heard this remark from Paul. At that time
EXPOSITION ACTS 8:1 _There arose on that day _for _at that time there was, _A.V._; in _for _at, _A.V. SAUL WAS CONSENTING TO HIS DEATH. St. Paul's repeated reference to this sad episode in his life i...
We are introduced now to one of the chief persecutors. A zealous young Jew, a Pharisee of the Pharisees, whose name is Saul. And he was standing by, consenting to the death of Stephen, holding the coa...
1 Corinthians 15:9; 1 Timothy 1:13; Acts 22:3; Acts 22:4; Acts 26:9;...
Made havoc [ε λ υ μ α ι ν ε τ ο]. Only here in New Testament. In Septuagint, Psalms 79:13, it is used of the laying waste of a vineyard by the wild boar. Compare Acts 9:21, where the A. V. has destroy...
THE GREAT PERSECUTION Acts 8:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We approach today the scenes that immediately followed Stephen's death. Satan, encouraged by Stephen's martyrdom, thinks to press on with fire and...
"Bloody Saul! was it not enough for thee to see. single saint destroyed, but wilt thou seek to destroy the whole fraternity and communion of saints?" Behold the fiery zeal of this furious persecutor:...