" Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went. " Act 8:4 BSB When persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, the believers scattered all throughout Judea and the regions of Samaria preaching the gospel everywhere they went . Samaritans are half bread Jews. In the time of the Roman Empire, the region of Samaria was the central part of Palestine and along with the neighbouring region of Judea was governed from Caesarea. The origins of the Samaritans go back to Old Testament times, when Samaria was the name of the chief city of the region. After Assyria had conquered the central and northern parts of Israel and taken the people into captivity (722 BC), it moved people from other parts of its empire into Samaria and surrounding towns. These settlers intermarried with Israelites still left in the land and combined the Israelite form of worship with their own. This resulted in a race of mixed blood and mixed religion known as the Samaritans (2 Ki...
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