Although they proclaimed the peaceful Kingdom message, the early Christians were persecuted, even as Jesus had been.
مسیحیان اولیه با اینکه پیام صلح‌آمیز ملکوت را موعظه می‌کردند ،‏ مانند عیسی مورد آزار و شکنجه قرار می‌گرفتند .‏