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194:4.1 When [[Jesus]] was so suddenly seized by his [[enemies]] and so quickly [[crucified]] between two [[thieves]], his [[apostles]] and [[disciples]] were completely demoralized. The [[thought]] of [[the Master]], [[arrested]], bound, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scourge scourged], and [[crucified]], was too much for even [[the apostles]]. They forgot his [[teachings]] and his [[warnings]]. He might, indeed, have been " a [[prophet]] mighty in deed and [[word]] before [[God]] and all the people, "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_24] but he could hardly be [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Messiah] they had [[hoped]] would restore [[the kingdom]] of [[Israel]].

194:4.1 When [[Jesus]] was so suddenly seized by his [[enemies]] and so quickly [[crucified]] between two [[thieves]], his [[apostles]] and [[disciples]] were completely demoralized. The [[thought]] of [[the Master]], [[arrested]], bound, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scourge scourged], and [[crucified]], was too much for even [[the apostles]]. They forgot his [[teachings]] and his [[warnings]]. He might, indeed, have been " a [[prophet]] mighty in deed and [[word]] before [[God]] and all the people, "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_24] but he could hardly be [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messianism the Messiah] they had [[hoped]] would restore [[the kingdom]] of [[Israel]].

194:4.2 Then comes the [[resurrection]], with its [[deliverance]] from [[despair]] and the return of their [[faith]] in [[the Master]]'s [[divinity]]. Again and again they see him and [[talk]] with him, and he takes them out on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Olivet], where he bids them [[farewell]] and tells them he is going back to [[the Father]]. He has told them to tarry in [[Jerusalem]] until they are [[endowed]] with [[power]]—until the [[Spirit of Truth]] shall come. And on the day of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost] this new teacher comes, and they go out at once to [[preach]] their [[gospel]] with new [[power]]. They are the [[bold]] and [[courageous]] [[followers]] of a living Lord, not a dead and [[defeated]] [[leader]]. [[The Master]] lives in the [[hearts]] of these [[evangelists]]; [[God]] is not a [[doctrine]] in their [[minds]]; he has become a living [[presence]] in their [[souls]].

194:4.2 Then comes the [[resurrection]], with its [[deliverance]] from [[despair]] and the return of their [[faith]] in [[the Master]]'s [[divinity]]. Again and again they see him and [[talk]] with him, and he takes them out on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Olivet], where he bids them [[farewell]] and tells them he is going back to [[the Father]]. He has told them to tarry in [[Jerusalem]] until they are [[endowed]] with [[power]]—until the [[Spirit of Truth]] shall come. And on the day of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost Pentecost] this new teacher comes, and they go out at once to [[preach]] their [[gospel]] with new [[power]]. They are the [[bold]] and [[courageous]] [[followers]] of a living Lord, not a dead and [[defeated]] [[leader]]. [[The Master]] lives in the [[hearts]] of these [[evangelists]]; [[God]] is not a [[doctrine]] in their [[minds]]; he has become a living [[presence]] in their [[souls]].

194:4.3 " Day by day they continued [[steadfastly]] and with one [[accord]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple] and breaking bread at [[home]]. They took their [[food]] with [[gladness]] and singleness of [[heart]], [[praising]] [[God]] and having [[favor]] with all [[the people]]. They were all filled with the spirit, and they [[spoke]] the [[word]] of [[God]] with [[boldness]]. And [[the multitudes]] of those who [[believed]] were of one [[heart]] and [[soul]]; and not one of them said that aught of the [[things]] which he possessed was his own, and they had all things in [[common]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.2]

194:4.3 " Day by day they continued [[steadfastly]] and with one [[accord]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple] and breaking bread at [[home]]. They took their [[food]] with [[gladness]] and singleness of [[heart]], [[praising]] [[God]] and having [[favor]] with all [[the people]]. They were all filled with the spirit, and they [[spoke]] the [[word]] of [[God]] with [[boldness]]. And [[the multitudes]] of those who [[believed]] were of one [[heart]] and [[soul]]; and not one of them said that aught of the [[things]] which he possessed was his own, and they had all things in [[common]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.2]

194:4.4 What has happened to these men whom [[Jesus]] had [[ordained]] to go forth [[preaching]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]] and the brotherhood of man? They have a new [[gospel]]; they are on [[fire]] with a new [[experience]]; they are filled with a new [[spiritual]] [[energy]]. Their [[message]] has suddenly shifted to the [[proclamation]] of the [[Resurrection|risen]] [[Christ]]: " [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]], a man [[God]] approved by mighty works and [[wonders]]; him, being delivered up by the determinate [[counsel]] and foreknowledge of [[God]], you did [[crucify]] and slay. The things which [[God]] [[foreshadowed]] by the mouth of all the [[prophets]], he thus fulfilled. This [[Jesus]] did [[God]] raise up. God has made him both Lord and Christ. Being, by the right hand of God, exalted and having [[received]] from [[the Father]] the [[promise]] of the spirit, he has poured forth this which you see and hear. [[Repent]], that your [[sins]] may be blotted out; that [[the Father]] may send the [[Christ]], who has been [[appointed]] for you, even [[Jesus]], whom the [[heaven]] must [[receive]] until the times of the restoration of [[all things]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.2]

194:4.4 What has happened to these men whom [[Jesus]] had [[ordained]] to go forth [[preaching]] the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]] and the brotherhood of man? They have a new [[gospel]]; they are on [[fire]] with a new [[experience]]; they are filled with a new [[spiritual]] [[energy]]. Their [[message]] has suddenly shifted to the [[proclamation]] of the [[Resurrection|risen]] [[Christ]]: " [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]], a man [[God]] approved by mighty works and [[wonders]]; him, being delivered up by the determinate [[counsel]] and foreknowledge of [[God]], you did [[crucify]] and slay. The things which [[God]] [[foreshadowed]] by the mouth of all the [[prophets]], he thus fulfilled. This [[Jesus]] did [[God]] raise up. God has made him both Lord and Christ. Being, by the right hand of God, exalted and having [[received]] from [[the Father]] the [[promise]] of the spirit, he has poured forth this which you see and hear. [[Repent]], that your [[sins]] may be blotted out; that [[the Father]] may send the [[Christ]], who has been [[appointed]] for you, even [[Jesus]], whom the [[heaven]] must [[receive]] until the times of the restoration of [[all things]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.2]

194:4.5 The [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], the [[message]] of [[Jesus]], had been suddenly [[changed]] into the gospel of the Lord [[Jesus]] [[Christ]]. They now [[proclaimed]] the [[facts]] of his life, [[death]], and [[resurrection]] and [[preached]] the [[hope]] of his speedy return to this world to finish the [[work]] he began. Thus the [[message]] of the early [[believers]] had to do with [[preaching]] about the [[facts]] of his first coming and with teaching the [[hope]] of his [[second coming]], an event which they deemed to be very near at hand.

194:4.5 The [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], the [[message]] of [[Jesus]], had been suddenly [[changed]] into the gospel of the Lord [[Jesus]] [[Christ]]. They now [[proclaimed]] the [[facts]] of his life, [[death]], and [[resurrection]] and [[preached]] the [[hope]] of his speedy return to this world to finish the [[work]] he began. Thus the [[message]] of the early [[believers]] had to do with [[preaching]] about the [[facts]] of his first coming and with teaching the [[hope]] of his [[second coming]], an event which they deemed to be very near at hand.

194:4.6 [[Christ]] was about to become the [[creed]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity rapidly forming church]. [[Jesus]] lives; he died for men; he gave the spirit; he is coming again. [[Jesus]] filled all their [[thoughts]] and determined all their new [[concept]] of [[God]] and everything else. They were too much [[enthused]] over the new [[doctrine]] that " God is the Father of the Lord Jesus "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Peter#1st_Letter_of_Peter.2C_I] to be concerned with the old [[message]] that " [[God]] is the loving [[Father]] of all men, " even of every single [[individual]]. True, a marvelous [[manifestation]] of brotherly [[love]] and unexampled [[good]] will did spring up in these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity early communities of believers]. But it was a fellowship of [[believers]] in [[Jesus]], not a fellowship of brothers in the family kingdom of [[the Father]] in heaven. Their good will arose from the [[love]] born of the [[concept]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 Jesus' bestowal] and not from the [[recognition]] of the brotherhood of [[mortal]] man. Nevertheless, they were filled with [[joy]], and they lived such new and [[unique]] lives that all men were [[attracted]] to their teachings about [[Jesus]]. They made the great mistake of using the living and illustrative [[commentary]] on the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] for that gospel, but even that [[represented]] the greatest [[religion]] [[mankind]] had ever known.

194:4.6 [[Christ]] was about to become the [[creed]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity rapidly forming church]. [[Jesus]] lives; he died for men; he gave the spirit; he is coming again. [[Jesus]] filled all their [[thoughts]] and determined all their new [[concept]] of [[God]] and everything else. They were too much [[enthused]] over the new [[doctrine]] that " God is the Father of the Lord Jesus "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Peter#1st_Letter_of_Peter.2C_I] to be concerned with the old [[message]] that " [[God]] is the loving [[Father]] of all men, " even of every single [[individual]]. True, a marvelous [[manifestation]] of brotherly [[love]] and unexampled [[good]] will did spring up in these [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity early communities of believers]. But it was a fellowship of [[believers]] in [[Jesus]], not a fellowship of brothers in the family kingdom of [[the Father]] in heaven. Their good will arose from the [[love]] born of the [[concept]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 Jesus' bestowal] and not from the [[recognition]] of the brotherhood of [[mortal]] man. Nevertheless, they were filled with [[joy]], and they lived such new and [[unique]] lives that all men were [[attracted]] to their teachings about [[Jesus]]. They made the great mistake of using the living and illustrative [[commentary]] on the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] for that gospel, but even that [[represented]] the greatest [[religion]] [[mankind]] had ever known.

194:4.7 Unmistakably, a new fellowship was arising in the world. " The multitude who believed continued steadfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.2] They called each other brother and sister; they greeted one another with a [[holy]] [[kiss]][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_XVI]; they ministered to the poor.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Galatians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Galatians.2C_II] It was a fellowship of [[living]] as well as of [[worship]]. They were not communal by [[decree]] but by the [[desire]] to [[share]] their goods with their fellow believers. They [[confidently]] [[expected]] that [[Jesus]] would return to complete the [[establishment]] of [[the Father]]'s kingdom during their [[generation]]. This [[spontaneous]] sharing of earthly [[possessions]] was not a direct feature of [[Jesus]]' teaching; it came about because these men and women so [[sincerely]] and so [[confidently]] believed that he was to return any day to finish his [[work]] and to [[consummate]] [[the kingdom]]. But the final results of this well-meant [[experiment]] in thoughtless brotherly [[love]] were disastrous and [[sorrow]]-breeding. Thousands of [[earnest]] [[believers]] sold their [[property]] and disposed of all their capital goods and other productive [[assets]]. With the passing of time, the dwindling resources of Christian " equal-sharing " came to an end —but the world did not. Very soon the [[believers]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity#Antioch Antioch] were taking up a collection to keep their fellow believers at [[Jerusalem]] from [[Hunger|starving]].

194:4.7 Unmistakably, a new fellowship was arising in the world. " The multitude who believed continued steadfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.2] They called each other brother and sister; they greeted one another with a [[holy]] [[kiss]][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_XVI]; they ministered to the poor.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Galatians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Galatians.2C_II] It was a fellowship of [[living]] as well as of [[worship]]. They were not communal by [[decree]] but by the [[desire]] to [[share]] their goods with their fellow believers. They [[confidently]] [[expected]] that [[Jesus]] would return to complete the [[establishment]] of [[the Father]]'s kingdom during their [[generation]]. This [[spontaneous]] sharing of earthly [[possessions]] was not a direct feature of [[Jesus]]' teaching; it came about because these men and women so [[sincerely]] and so [[confidently]] believed that he was to return any day to finish his [[work]] and to [[consummate]] [[the kingdom]]. But the final results of this well-meant [[experiment]] in thoughtless brotherly [[love]] were disastrous and [[sorrow]]-breeding. Thousands of [[earnest]] [[believers]] sold their [[property]] and disposed of all their capital goods and other productive [[assets]]. With the passing of time, the dwindling resources of Christian " equal-sharing " came to an end —but the world did not. Very soon the [[believers]] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity#Antioch Antioch] were taking up a collection to keep their fellow believers at [[Jerusalem]] from [[Hunger|starving]].

194:4.8 In these days they [[celebrated]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucharist Lord's Supper] after the [[manner]] of its [[establishment]]; that is, they assembled for a [[social]] meal of good fellowship and partook of the [[sacrament]] at the end of the meal.

194:4.8 In these days they [[celebrated]] the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucharist Lord's Supper] after the [[manner]] of its [[establishment]]; that is, they assembled for a [[social]] meal of good fellowship and partook of the [[sacrament]] at the end of the meal.

194:4.9 At first they [[baptized]] in the [[name]] of [[Jesus]]; it was almost twenty years before they began to [[baptize]] in " the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_28] [[Baptism]] was all that was required for admission into the fellowship of [[believers]]. They had no [[organization]] as yet; it was simply the [[Jesus]] brotherhood.

194:4.9 At first they [[baptized]] in the [[name]] of [[Jesus]]; it was almost twenty years before they began to [[baptize]] in " the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_28] [[Baptism]] was all that was required for admission into the fellowship of [[believers]]. They had no [[organization]] as yet; it was simply the [[Jesus]] brotherhood.

194:4.10 This [[Jesus]] [[sect]] was growing rapidly, and once more the [[Sadducees]] took notice of them. The [[Pharisees]] were little bothered about the situation, seeing that none of the teachings in any way [[interfered]] with the observance of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_law Jewish laws]. But the [[Sadducees]] began to put the [[leaders]] of the [[Jesus]] [[sect]] in [[jail]] until they were prevailed upon to [[accept]] the [[counsel]] of one of the leading [[rabbis]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamaliel Gamaliel], who advised them: " Refrain from these men and let them alone, for if this [[counsel]] or this [[work]] is of men, it will be overthrown; but if it is of [[God]], you will not be able to overthrow them, lest haply you be found even to be fighting against [[God]]. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.5] They decided to follow [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamaliel Gamaliel]'s [[counsel]], and there ensued a [[time]] of [[peace]] and [[quiet]] in [[Jerusalem]], during which the new [[gospel]] about [[Jesus]] spread rapidly.

194:4.10 This [[Jesus]] [[sect]] was growing rapidly, and once more the [[Sadducees]] took notice of them. The [[Pharisees]] were little bothered about the situation, seeing that none of the teachings in any way [[interfered]] with the observance of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_law Jewish laws]. But the [[Sadducees]] began to put the [[leaders]] of the [[Jesus]] [[sect]] in [[jail]] until they were prevailed upon to [[accept]] the [[counsel]] of one of the leading [[rabbis]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamaliel Gamaliel], who advised them: " Refrain from these men and let them alone, for if this [[counsel]] or this [[work]] is of men, it will be overthrown; but if it is of [[God]], you will not be able to overthrow them, lest haply you be found even to be fighting against [[God]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.5] They decided to follow [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamaliel Gamaliel]'s [[counsel]], and there ensued a [[time]] of [[peace]] and [[quiet]] in [[Jerusalem]], during which the new [[gospel]] about [[Jesus]] spread rapidly.

194:4.11 And so all went well in [[Jerusalem]] until the time of the coming of the [[Greeks]] in large numbers from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria]. Two of the [[pupils]] of [[Rodan]] arrived in [[Jerusalem]] and made many [[converts]] from among the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenization Hellenists]. Among their early [[converts]] were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Stephen Stephen] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnabas Barnabas]. These able [[Greeks]] did not so much have the [[Jewish]] [[viewpoint]], and they did not so well [[conform]] to the [[Jewish]] [[mode]] of [[worship]] and other ceremonial [[practices]]. And it was the doings of these [[Greek]] [[believers]] that terminated the peaceful [[relations]] between the [[Jesus]] brotherhood and the [[Pharisees]] and [[Sadducees]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Stephen Stephen] and his [[Greek]] associate began to [[preach]] more as [[Jesus]] taught, and this brought them into [[immediate]] [[conflict]] with the Jewish rulers. In one of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Stephen Stephen]'s [[public]] [[sermons]], when he reached the objectionable part of the [[discourse]], they dispensed with all [[formalities]] of [[trial]] and proceeded to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoning#In_Judaism stone him to death] on the spot.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.6]

194:4.11 And so all went well in [[Jerusalem]] until the time of the coming of the [[Greeks]] in large numbers from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria]. Two of the [[pupils]] of [[Rodan]] arrived in [[Jerusalem]] and made many [[converts]] from among the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenization Hellenists]. Among their early [[converts]] were [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Stephen Stephen] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnabas Barnabas]. These able [[Greeks]] did not so much have the [[Jewish]] [[viewpoint]], and they did not so well [[conform]] to the [[Jewish]] [[mode]] of [[worship]] and other ceremonial [[practices]]. And it was the doings of these [[Greek]] [[believers]] that terminated the peaceful [[relations]] between the [[Jesus]] brotherhood and the [[Pharisees]] and [[Sadducees]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Stephen Stephen] and his [[Greek]] associate began to [[preach]] more as [[Jesus]] taught, and this brought them into [[immediate]] [[conflict]] with the Jewish rulers. In one of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Stephen Stephen]'s [[public]] [[sermons]], when he reached the objectionable part of the [[discourse]], they dispensed with all [[formalities]] of [[trial]] and proceeded to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoning#In_Judaism stone him to death] on the spot.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.6]

194:4.12 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Stephen Stephen], the [[leader]] of the [[Greek]] colony of [[Jesus]]' [[believers]] in [[Jerusalem]], thus became the first [[martyr]] to the new [[faith]] and the specific cause for the [[formal]] [[organization]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_early_Christianity early Christian church]. This new [[crisis]] was met by the [[recognition]] that [[believers]] could not longer go on as a [[sect]] within the [[Jewish]] [[faith]]. They all [[agreed]] that they must separate themselves from unbelievers; and within one month from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Stephen#Martyrdom death of Stephen] the church at [[Jerusalem]] had been [[organized]] under the [[leadership]] of [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James] the [[brother]] of [[Jesus]] had been installed as its titular head.

194:4.12 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Stephen Stephen], the [[leader]] of the [[Greek]] colony of [[Jesus]]' [[believers]] in [[Jerusalem]], thus became the first [[martyr]] to the new [[faith]] and the specific cause for the [[formal]] [[organization]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_early_Christianity early Christian church]. This new [[crisis]] was met by the [[recognition]] that [[believers]] could not longer go on as a [[sect]] within the [[Jewish]] [[faith]]. They all [[agreed]] that they must separate themselves from unbelievers; and within one month from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Stephen#Martyrdom death of Stephen] the church at [[Jerusalem]] had been [[organized]] under the [[leadership]] of [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Just James] the [[brother]] of [[Jesus]] had been installed as its titular head.

194:4.13 And then broke out the new and relentless [[persecutions]] by the [[Jews]], so that the [[active]] [[teachers]] of the new [[religion]] about [[Jesus]], which subsequently at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity#Antioch Antioch] was called [[Christianity]], went forth to the ends of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_empire the empire] [[proclaiming]] [[Jesus]]. In carrying this [[message]], before the time of [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] the [[leadership]] was in [[Greek]] hands; and these first [[missionaries]], as also the later ones, followed the [[path]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great Alexander]'s march of former days, going by way of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza Gaza] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyre,_Lebanon Tyre] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch Antioch] and then over [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Minor Asia Minor] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia Macedonia], then on to [[Rome]] and to the uttermost parts of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_empire the empire].

194:4.13 And then broke out the new and relentless [[persecutions]] by the [[Jews]], so that the [[active]] [[teachers]] of the new [[religion]] about [[Jesus]], which subsequently at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity#Antioch Antioch] was called [[Christianity]], went forth to the ends of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_empire the empire] [[proclaiming]] [[Jesus]]. In carrying this [[message]], before the time of [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] the [[leadership]] was in [[Greek]] hands; and these first [[missionaries]], as also the later ones, followed the [[path]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great Alexander]'s march of former days, going by way of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza Gaza] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyre,_Lebanon Tyre] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch Antioch] and then over [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Minor Asia Minor] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia Macedonia], then on to [[Rome]] and to the uttermost parts of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_empire the empire].

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