Acts 8:3
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.”
παραδίδωμι
To hand over, to betray, to deliver up. He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. The delivering of Jesus was the saving of the world.
φυλακή
prison.
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φυλακή
a guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or (specially), the time (as a division of day or night), literally or figuratively
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ἐκκλησία
church
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ἐκκλησία
Assembly, church, called out ones. Ekklesia. I will build my church. The church is not a building or a programme. It is a people called out by God and gathered around Jesus.
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οἶκος
houses
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οἶκος
House, household, family. Oikos. As for me and my house we will serve the LORD. The household of faith begins in the household of the home. Discipleship starts at home.
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λυμαίνομαι
was destroying
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λυμαίνομαι
properly, to soil, i.e. (figuratively) insult (maltreat)
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τέ
then
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τέ
both or also (properly, as correlation of G2532 (καί))
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Σαῦλος
Saul
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Σαῦλος
Saulus (i.e. Shaul), the Jewish name of Paul
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εἰσπορεύομαι
entering,
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εἰσπορεύομαι
to enter (literally or figuratively)
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γυνή
women
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γυνή
a woman; specially, a wife
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σύρω
dragging off
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σύρω
to trail
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