The same Apostles that saw Jesus perform his supernatural feats were the ones Jesus sent out in the great commission after he rose from the dead to spread the good news. Christianity did not begin in Rome. It began hundreds of years earlier from the great commission.
Yes, the so called great commission that parallels almost verbatim Jeremiah 25:15-38
"Take, from my hand, this cup of fiery wine and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.
When they have drunk it they will vomit and go mad; such is
the sword that I am sending among them."
‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk and vomit, and
fall to rise no more (Rev. 14:8) because of the
sword I will send among you.’ Jeremiah 25:27
"I have not come to bring peace but a
sword." (Jesus H. Christ) Matthew 10:34
From his mouth there went a sharp
sword with which
TO SMITE THE NATIONS." Rev 19:15
"He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity;
he who lives by the sword shall die by the sword."
"Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad." Jeremiah 51:7
The sword that Jesus came to bring is
a curse under the appearance of a cup of wine.
Judging by how inebriated you are

it's obvious that the curse still works like a charm!
Bottoms up!
"
TAKE THIS CUP OF WINE AND DRINK IT. THIS IS A CUP OF MY BLOOD, THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT,"
Just art thou, in these thy judgments, thou Holy One who art and wast;
for they shed the blood of thy people and of thy prophets and thou hast given them blood to drink."
"And to the east of Eden he stationed the Cherubim, with a flaming and flashing
sword,
THAT TURNS IN EVERY DIRECTION, to guard THE WAY to the tree of life."