God’s Chosen Servant

¹⁵ Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill.^(A)

8 And Saul^(A) approved of their killing him.

The Church Persecuted and Scattered

On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered^(B) throughout Judea and Samaria.^(C)

²⁵ But his followers took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall.^(A)

³⁰ When the believers^(A) learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea^(B) and sent him off to Tarsus.^(C)

⁶ But they found out about it and fled^(A) to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding country,

In Berea

¹⁰ As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas^(A) away to Berea.^(B) On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue.^(C)

¹⁴ The believers^(A) immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas^(B) and Timothy^(C) stayed at Berea.