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.

22. What prophetic period begins at the time when the continual mediation of Christ was taken away by the Papacy?
What time intervenes between the two resurrections?
What song of triumph follows the overthrow of Babylon?
How may we be freed from the guilt of our sins, or our transgressions of God's law?
When some went out to gather manna on the seventh day, what did the Lord say to Moses?
What did Christ say would be the moral condition of the world just preceding His advent?
What promises are made to those who consider the poor?

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