Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 8:1-3
In these verses we have, I. Something more concerning Stephen and his death; how people stood affected to it?variously, as generally in such cases, according to men's different sentiments of things. Christ had said to his disciples, when he was parting with them (John 16:20), You shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice. Accordingly here is, 1. Stephen's death rejoiced in by one?by many, no doubt, but by one in particular, and that was Saul, who was afterwards called Paul; he was... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 8
In this chapter we have an account of the persecutions of the Christians, and the propagating of Christianity thereby. It was strange, but very true, that the disciples of Christ the more they were afflicted the more they multiplied. I. Here is the church suffering; upon the occasion of putting Stephen to death a very sharp storm arose, which forced many from Jerusalem, Acts 8:1-3. II. Here is the church spreading by the ministry of Philip and others that were dispersed upon that occasion. We... read more