2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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## Therefore the believers whom the suffering that began with Stephen's death scattered away from Jerusalem ##
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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This is a summary from Acts 8 to introduce a new episode not related to the previous story of Peter.
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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## the believers whom the suffering that began with Stephen's death scattered away from Jerusalem ##
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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"Many believers began suffering after the Jewish leaders killed Stephen. These believers left Jerusalem and went to other places…"
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## only to Jews, to no one else ##
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They thought that God's message was only for the Jewish people, not the Gentiles (Greeks).
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2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
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## the hand of the Lord ##
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2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
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This is an expression for "God was powerfully enabling." (UDB) (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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