except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.

Then a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan, causing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.

They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, “We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions.”

and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.

Now those who had been scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message to no one but Jews.