For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place any greater burden on you than these necessary rules:

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

And now I advise you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship will be lost.

And Saul agreed completely with killing him.Now on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.