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Acts 8:1

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And Saul: This clause evidently belongs to the conclusion of the previous chapter; there is scarcely a worse division of chapters than this. Acts 7:58, Acts 22:20

there: Acts 5:33, Acts 5:40, Acts 7:54; Matthew 10:25-28, Matthew 22:6, Matthew 23:34; Luke 11:49-50; John 15:20, John 16:2

the church: Acts 2:47, Acts 7:38, Acts 11:22, Acts 13:1

and they: Acts 8:4, Acts 11:19-21; Matthew 5:13; Philippians 1:12

Samaria: Acts 8:14, Acts 1:8; John 4:39-42

except: Acts 5:18, Acts 5:20, Acts 5:33, Acts 5:40; Exodus 10:28-29; Nehemiah 6:3; Daniel 3:16-18, Daniel 6:10, Daniel 6:23; Hebrews 11:27

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