Act Acts, chapter Acts of the Apostles, chapter 8
And Sha’ul [desired] was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace]; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Y’hudah [praised] and Shomron [watch mountain], except the apostles.Act 11:19
And devout men carried Stephen [crowned] [to his burial], and made great lamentation over him.