As a new Christian, after he was baptized by Ananias, Saul spent days learning the ways of discipleship with other believers in Damascus, the affluent Greek metropolis and oldest city known to man. Shortly thereafter, Saul began to preach the gospel and share the truth about the life, death and resurrection of the Christ throughout […]
After he was visited by Jesus on his way to Damascus, where he was baptized by Ananias, Saul of Tarsus spent some time with Christians to learn more about the risen Christ, and His ways. When he was deemed ready, Saul began to share the truth about the life, death and resurrection of the Savior. […]
On a journey from Jerusalem, Saul of Tarsus was visited by Jesus who asked the Pharisee the reason why he was persecuting Him, and His servants, then the Lord instructed Saul to make his way to Damascus where further instructions would be delivered to him. Greatly perturbed by the encounter and now blind, Saul waited […]
A Jewish pharisee who denied the deity of Yeshua, the risen Christ, Saul was on the offensive against Christians throughout Judea. Saul was of the tribe of Benjamin, and he was born in Tarsus, a Grecian city. A tent maker by trade, Saul was the son of a Roman citizen. “1 Then Saul, still breathing […]
Philip was one of the seven disciples chosen to serve the poor in Jerusalem. Under persecution by the Jews, led by Saul or Tarsus, Philip had been preaching the gospel in Samaria, a city populated by Assyrian Jews. “26 Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise and go toward the south […]
Persecuted for their faith in the resurrected Christ, Christians were scattered throughout Judea, busy advancing the gospel as part of their fulfillment of the great commission. “14 Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them, 15 who, when they […]
As members of the early church were persecuted, and executed for their faith in the resurrected Christ, the church continued to grow throughout Judea and Samaria where believers were scattered as part of God’s perfect plan. One of the seven disciples chosen to serve the poor in Jerusalem, Phillip, had been preaching the gospel in […]
After Stephen’s execution, Saul of Tarsus led an offensive against Christians, going door to door in search of believers in an attempt to annihilate the movement. God’s plan called for ministers of the truth to scatter throughout Judea and Samaria, using Stephen’s blood as fuel to further the church of the resurrected Christ. “4 Therefore […]
Led by Saul or Tarsus, outside the walls of Jerusalem members of the Sanhedrin executed Stephen, a disciple of Yeshua, the resurrected Christ. “1 Now Saul was consenting to his death. At that time a great persecution arose against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea […]
Accused of blasphemy by Jewish rulers, Stephen, a disciple of Jesus, the resurrected Christ concludes his address to the Sanhedrin. The accused servant of the Lord would now turn the table on his accusers, calling them out as murderers for sending Yeshua to His death on the cross. “51 You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart […]