The faithful early Christians were prepared to face the supreme test, death ​ — by torture, by being thrown to wild beasts, or in any other manner — ​ in order to carry out the commission from the Lord Jesus Christ: “You will be witnesses of me both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the most distant part of the earth. ” ​ — Acts 1: 8.
وكل ذلك من اجل إتمام التفويض الذي اعطاهم اياه الرب يسوع المسيح :‏ « تكونون لي شهودا في اورشليم وفي كل اليهودية والسامرة وإلى اقصى الارض » .‏ —‏ اعمال ١ :‏ ٨‏ .‏