Acts 8:1, 5, 14

Now, Saul agreed to be an accomplice to Stephen’s stoning and participated in his execution. From that day on, a great persecution of the church in Jerusalem began. All the believers scattered into the countryside of Judea and among the Samaritans, except the apostles who remained behind in Jerusalem.

Philip traveled to a Samaritan city and preached to them the wonderful news of the Anointed One.

When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that the Samaritans had accepted God’s message of life, they sent Peter and John