Acts 8:2-4
2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. 3 As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering every house, and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison. 4 Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word.
Those who are of Christ know loss and honor those not loving their lives to the death for the sake of the gospel being heard, even by enemies. But Saul here, after agreeing with Stephen's stoning, went himself in disregard of the truth heard to try to stop the gospel and those it spread to. Yet the more the sheep were scattered, the more they followed the Shepherd of their souls, taking the words of life to the ends of the earth. Though His people may be killed, God's not dead. He is surely alive and living in His people.
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