How did persecution affect the preaching of the gospel?

Answer

"And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were
all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. . . . Therefore they
that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the Word." Acts 8: 1-4.
NOTE - " Persecution has only had a tendency to extend and establish the faith which it was
designed to destroy. . . . There is no lesson which men have been so slow to learn as that to oppose and
persecute men is the very way to confirm them in their opinions, and to spread their doctrines.' - Dr. Albert
Barnes, on Acts 4 :4.

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What interpretation is given to this little horn?
Can man of himself, unaided by Christ, keep the law?
What is the result of willful sin?
5. What will be the dragon's attitude toward the remnant people who keep the commandments of God?
To what length will this effort to enforce the worship of the image of the beast be carried?
With what are we to comfort one another?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle