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94.  Living and dying for Jesus

 

From now on the apostles worked in Jerusalem. They healed the sick and gave witness to the life and death of Jesus. More and more people came to believe. The high priests and the teachers of Israel wanted people to forget Jesus. So they arrested the apostles, questioned them and forbade them to teach in the name of Jesus. But the apostles did not pay attention to this prohibition. Stephen, one of the first deacons, was stone to death. But before he collapsed under the hail of stones he called out: I see heaven is open. I see the Son of Man, he is standing at the right hand of God. Lord Jesus, take me!

 

The community of Jesus was persecuted in Jerusalem. All those who acknowledged their faith were driven out of the city. But wherever they went they proclaimed what God had done for people through Jesus Christ. And in all these places they founded new communities.

 

(Acts 2 – 8)

 

 

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