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.

In what other way is God's love sometimes shown?
What is the basis of faith?
What will be the burden of the closing gospel message?
Does the New Testament teach the same duty?
6. What did God, through the prophet Daniel, say the power represented by the 9ittle horn\" would think to do?
How does Paul again express this same truth?
How are the nations gathered to the battle of Armageddon?

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