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translationWords
- en:tw:apostle
- en:tw:believer
- en:tw:church
- en:tw:church
- en:tw:jerusalem
- en:tw:judea
- en:tw:paul
- en:tw:persecute
- en:tw:samaria
translationNotes
- Saul was in agreement - Luke shifts the story from Stephen to Saul. You may need to understand how stories transition between key actors in your language.
- dragged out - they were taken by force
- that day - the day Stephen died
- **the believers were all scattered ** - This is a hyperbole for many or most of the believers living in Jerusalem fled the persecution. (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_hyperbole)
- except the apostles. - It is implied that the apostles remained in Jerusalem and they did not experience this great persecution. (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_explicit)
- devout men - "God-fearing men" or "men who feared God"
- **made great lamentation ** - "mourned greatly…over him" (UDB)
- **he went into every house ** - This is a hyperbole for Saul entering into many houses. He did not have authority to enter every house in Jerusalem. (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_hyperbole)
- dragged out men and women - Saul forcefully took Jewish believers out of their home and put them into prison.