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  "title": "Saul persecutes the church",
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  "summary": "A great persecution breaks out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles are scattered through Judea and Samaria. Saul goes from house to house, dragging believers off to prison.",
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          "verse": 1,
          "text": "And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria."
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          "text": "God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him."
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          "verse": 3,
          "text": "But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison."
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  "attribution": [
    "Events and places adapted from Theographic Bible Metadata (github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata), CC BY-SA 4.0. This adapted data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.",
    "Place coordinates from OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0.",
    "Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. https://berean.bible/licensing.htm"
  ],
  "translation": "bsb",
  "url": "https://wilderness-scripture-atlas.pages.dev/reference/events/saul-persecutes-the-church/",
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  "cautions": "Narrative order is a reading arrangement, not a proven chronology. Dates retain their stated uncertainty. An identified locality does not establish the exact venue or prove an event. Region extents and routes are illustrative, not surveyed boundaries or ancient roads. Draft material has not completed editorial review.",
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