In actuality, there was little persecution outside of Jerusalem in the 1st Century. Intense persecution beganin the 2nd century when Rome finally figured out that Christianity wasn't just a Jewsih sect. However, a brief, intense period of persecution did scatter believers out of Jerusalem. It could be posited that ha dthat not happened, Jesus command to take the gospel into "Judea, Samaria, and the ends of the earth" might have been delayed or ignored.
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