Acts 8:4

just as those, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, handed them down to us,

Now Saul was in hearty agreement with putting him to death. And on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

But when they believed Philip proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were being baptized, both men and women.

So then those who were scattered because of the persecution that occurred in connection with Stephen made their way to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews alone.

But Paul and Barnabas spent a long time in Antioch, teaching and preaching with many others also, the word of the Lord.

Philip Preaches in Samaria