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# Connecting Statement:
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The story shifts from Stephen to Saul in these verses.
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# General Information:
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It may be helpful to your audience to move these parts of the story about Stephen together by using a verse bridge as the UDB does. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-versebridge]])
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# So there began ... except the apostles
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This part of verse 1 is background information about the persecution that began after Stephen's death. This explains why Saul was persecuting the believers in verse 3. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
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# that day
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This refers to the day that Stephen died. (See: [Acts 7:59-60](../07/59.md))
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# the believers were all scattered
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The word "all" is a generalization to express that a large number of the believers left Jerusalem because of the persecution. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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# except the apostles
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This statement implies that the apostles remained in Jerusalem even though they also experienced this great persecution. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# Devout men
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"God-fearing men" or "Men who feared God"
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# made great lamentation over him
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"greatly mourned his death"
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# dragged out men and women
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Saul forcefully took Jewish believers out of their home and put them into prison.
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# house after house
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"houses one by one"
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# dragged out men and women
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"took away men and women by force"
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# men and women
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This refers to men and women who believed in Jesus. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/paul]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/persecute]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/church]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jerusalem]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/believer]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/judea]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/samaria]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/apostle]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/church]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/prison]] |