What Are Some Examples Of Persecution In The Bible?

What Are Some Examples Of Persecution In The Bible? 6:8-8:1: Stephen is arrested by “the people…the elders and the scribes” (6:12 NRSV), questioned before the Sanhedrin, and stoned to death, supposedly sparking a “severe persecution against the church in Jerusalem” (8:1). What are some ways Christians were persecuted? Christians were often given opportunities to avoid