The  death  of  this  man  was  the  signal  of  a
general  persecution,  the  activity  of  which  may  be
judged  of  from  one  anecdote  of  the  time; — "As
for  Saul,  he  made  havoc  of  the  church,  entering
into  every  house,  and  haling  men  and  women,
committed  them  to  prison."t  This  persecution
raged  at  Jerusalem  with  so  much  fury,  as  to  drive
most  of  the  new  converts  out  of  the  place,  except
the  twelve  apostles. t  The  converts,  thus  "  scat-
tered abroad,"  preached  the  religion  wherever  they
came;  and  their  preaching  was,  in  effect,  the
preaching  of- the  ticdve;  for  it  was  so  far  carried
on  in  Concert  and  correspondence  with  them,  that
when  they  heard  of  the  success  of  their  emissaries
in  a  particular  country,  they  sent  two  of  their
number  to  the  place,  to  comiilete  and  confirm  the
mission.
