<p>8:3- see on Acts 26:10,11.<i><br /></i><i>But Saul treated the church shamefully, entering into every house</i>- &ldquo;The church&rdquo; is paralleled with &ldquo;every house&rdquo; church: &ldquo;Saul laid waste the church, entering into every house&rdquo;. That&rsquo;s a very significant parallel. Those house churches in sum were the church of Christ in Jerusalem; the ecclesia met in house churches but gathered together in the temple, the only place big enough to hold them all. The same thing happened at Rome and Corinth, where there seem to have been various house churches which met together occasionally for larger gatherings.</p><p><em>Dragging out men and women </em><i>and putting them into prison</i>- Paul was himself dragged to his death by the crowd (Acts 14:19 s.w.). He was being made to realize what he had done to others; and this is how the Lord seeks to educate us, not simply bring about 'measure for measure' in our lives for the sake of it.</p>