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Following the [[ascension of Jesus]] Christ, early Church saints actively disseminated the [[gospel]], resulting in a growing number of believers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%202&version=NIV|title=Acts 2|언어=|확인date=}}</ref> Among these converts were some Jewish leaders, including [[Priest|priests]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%206%3A7&version=NIV |title=Acts 6:7 |publisher= }}</ref> This expansion of Christianity provoked envy among Jewish authorities, who responded by imprisoning the apostles. Deacon [[Stephen]], an early Church leader, was executed by being stoned on charges of blasphemy. Saul, a young Jewish leader, was also implicated in this persecution. In the wake of Stephen’s martyrdom and the intensification of Jewish persecution, Christians who fled Jerusalem dispersed widely, continuing to spread the [[gospel]] and thereby facilitating its broader dissemination.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+8%3A1-5&version=NIV |title=Acts 8:1–5 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+11%3A19-20&version=NIV |title=Acts 11:19–20 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref>