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 is inseparable from the experience of justification by faith?
What closed this terrible scene?
Was it God's design that all should possess the same gifts?
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When the sign appeared, how suddenly were they to flee?
What great gathering yet awaits God's people?

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