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Young Saul went on a rampage—hunting the church, house after house, dragging both men and women to prison.

They flee to the very places where Jesus said His disciples would be His witnesses at the beginning of this book. As a result, the persecution spreads the message of Christ rather than hinders it. Commenting about similar events a century later, church father Tertullian will write, “The blood of martyrs is the seed of the Church.”

All those who had been scattered by the persecution moved from place to place; and wherever they went, they weren’t afraid or silent. Instead, they spread the message of Jesus.

Philip, for example, headed north to the city of Samaria, and he told them the news of the Anointed One.

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But Saul(A) began to destroy the church.(B) Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.

Philip in Samaria

Those who had been scattered(C) preached the word wherever they went.(D) Philip(E) went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there.

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