...the apostolic age 1" You may easily Bee in the Acts of the Apostles. In the eighth chapter we read, " There was a great persecution against the church which...regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles," verse 1. " Therefore they that were scattered abroad, went every where preaching the word," verse 4....

...persecution, commencing with the martyrdom of Stephen, was raised " against the church which was in Jerusalem : and they were all scattered abroad throughout...regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles ' ; " who saw that it then was their own duty to remain at all hazards in that city. This sudden dispersion...

...ii. 11, 13. 6. The stated residence of the apostles was at Jerusalem. " At that time there was a gre examination of the passage and the epistle produced proofs which placed it beyond d abro. throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles;" Acts viii. 1. " Th (the Christians...

...apostles. So when, upon the persecution that arose upon Stephen's death, the church was dispersed, " they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, (and Philip, the deacon, among the rest, who went down to the city of Samaria,) except the apostles,"...

...its funds gave out, but because of a persecution. The account of this dissolution is in these words: "And at that time there was a great persecution against the church at Jerusalem, and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria except...

...the Word of God," as we have elsewhere observed ; to which I shall here add that of Apia viii. 4: — "Therefore they that were scattered abroad, went every where preaching the Word ;" which word, as we have found by examining what they preached all through their history, was nothing...

...of your souls."64 And in the Acts of the Apostles it is written: "And at that time there was raised a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem, and they were all dispersed through the countries of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles."85 And Paul says to the...

...Today the emphasis is on the gathered church, but in the New Testament it was on the scattered church. "Therefore, they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word" (Acts 8:4). I have known no greater joy than that of taking the Bible and leading men to Christ in...

...fountain. You know what that stone was: it was persecution, and the saints were scattered by it. But then, "Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word" (Acts 8:4), and so the church was multiplied and the devil defeated. Satan, I tell you to your face,...

...pleasure in his death. And at that time there was a great persecution Saul, against the congregation which was at Jerusalem, and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions ofJewry and Samaria, except the apostles. Then devout men dressed Stephen, and made great lamentation...