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ADA031
Persecution
Article ADA031 analyses the great persecution of the early Church in Jerusalem (Acts 8.1-3), around the year 34-35. After Stephen's martyrdom, repression spreads to all believers, including women. Saul of Tarsus is its chief instigator, driven by a sincere but misguided zeal for Jewish traditions. This text illustrates the fulfilment of Jesus' warnings about persecution and foreshadows Paul's future conversion.
John 12.42-43 (King James Version) :Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.King James Version (1769), domaine public — texte : eBible.org