EARLY CHRISTIANS DELIVERED FROM THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM.
HISTORY RECORDS HOW THE EARLY CHRISTIANS WERE PROTECTED FROM THE ROMAN SIEGE OF JERUSALEM.
Jesus predicted the 70 AD destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans. (Mark 13:2) It is thought more than a million Jews were killed and 100.000 taken captive. Ancient historians attest to the fact the Christians of that time were alerted to the coming trouble and were able to escape.
Eusebius, Church History 3, 5, 3
From there it took its beginning after the exodus from Jerusalem when all the disciples went to live in Pella because Christ had told them to leave Jerusalem and to go away since it would undergo a siege. Because of this advice they lived in Perea after having moved to that place.
Epiphanius, Panarion 29,7,7–8
For after all those who believed in Christ had generally come to live in Perea, in a city called Pella of the Decapolis of which it is written in the Gospel that it is situated in the neighbourhood of the region of Batanaea and Basanit
Epiphanius, Panarion 30, 2, 7
So, Aquila, while he was in Jerusalem, also saw the disciples of the disciples of the apostles flourishing in the faith and working great signs, healings, and other miracles. For they were such as had come back from the city of Pella…
