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Acts 8:2
On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.
from Saul Persecutes the Church, Acts 8:1-3
What it says

That day a great persecution breaks out against the Jerusalem church, all except the apostles are scattered through Judea and Samaria, and devout men bury Stephen with deep mourning.

What it is doing

It widens Stephen's death into dispersal and grief.

In context

1And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. 2On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him. 3But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.