Where did the early Jewish believers go after fleeing Jerusalem?
Early Jewish believers fled Jerusalem because of Saul's and other religious persecutions and migrated north to the area of Galilee. Some went as far as Damascus. Archeologists have found a community there that identifies them as Jews who had been followers of Christ.
Les explains that Saul had made so much headway in Jerusalem and Judea that he thought he had cleaned house, so he asked the high priest to let him go to Damascus, where some believers still were. Many Jewish believers had to flee Jerusalem for fear of Saul's and the other religious persecutions. They migrated up to the area of Galilee, and archeologists have now found a community that identifies them as Jews who had been followers of Christ. Evidently some had even gone up as far as Damascus.