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.

What is sin declared to be?
What is another evidence of divine acceptance?
Does the Bible recognize what may be called \"present truth\"?
3. What urgent petition of the prophet connects this prayer with the vision of the taking away of the continual mediation and the desolation of the sanctuary recorded in Daniel 8?
On what did God write the Ten Commandments?
When did the stars fall, as here predicted?
22. When surrounded by the Syrian host, what did Elisha say, and for what did he pray, to encourage his frightened servant?

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