In Acts chapter six we read about Stephens arrest, his sermon summarizing the Old Testament to the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem, and his martyrs death. Two important events occurred after the death of Stephen: The Pharisee Saul, who later became Paul the apostle, was impacted and God used the persecution to scatter the Christians to take the Gospel to the regions beyond Jerusalem. The book of Acts records a perpetual Pentecost as a result of the early churchs obedience.