Bible Cross References
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Luke 11:49-51
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Therefore also the wisdom of God said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,
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that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required from this generation,
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from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah who perished between the altar and the temple. Yes, I say to you, it shall be required from this generation.
Matthew 10:16-25
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Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
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But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils and scourge you in their synagogues.
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And you will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.
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But when they deliver you up, do not be anxious about how or what you should speak, for it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak;
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for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
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And brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and put them to death.
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And you will be hated by everyone on account of My name. But he who endures to the end will be kept safe.
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But when they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For truly I say to you, you will not have finished going through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
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A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.
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It is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher, and a servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household!
Matthew 22:6
And the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.
Matthew 23:34-36
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Therefore, behold, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city,
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in order that on you may come all the righteous blood poured out upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
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Truly, I say to you, All these things will come upon this generation.
Matthew 24:9
Then they will deliver you up to affliction and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
Matthew 24:10
And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.
Mark 13:9-13
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But take heed to yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils, and you will be beaten in the synagogues. You will be brought before rulers and kings for My sake, for a testimony to them.
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And the gospel must first be preached to all the nations.
11
But when they lead you away and deliver you up, do not be anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will speak. But whatever is given you in that hour, speak that; for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
12
Now brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.
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And you will be hated by everyone on account of My name. But he who endures to the end shall be kept safe.
John 15:20
Remember the Word that I said to you, A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My Word, they will keep yours also.
John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service.
John 16:3
And these things they will do to you because they do not know the Father nor Me.
Acts 4:3-7
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And they laid hands on them, and put them into custody until the next day, for it was already evening.
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However, many of those who heard the Word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
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And it came to pass, on the next day, that their rulers, elders, and scribes,
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as well as Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
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And standing them in the midst, they asked, By what sort of power or by what sort of name have you done this?
Acts 5:17-19
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Then the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with zeal,
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and laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.
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But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said,
Acts 5:40-19
Acts 6:12-15
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And they stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; and they came upon him, seized him, and led him into the council.
13
They also set up false witnesses who said, This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the Law;
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for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses delivered to us.
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And all who sat in the council, gazing at him, saw his face as if it were the face of an angel.
Acts 7:57-60
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Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord;
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and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid aside their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.
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And they stoned Stephen as he was invoking and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
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And he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, Lord, do not charge them with this sin. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Acts 8:3
As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering every house, dragging off men and women, committing them to prison.
Acts 9:4
And he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?
Acts 12:1-4
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Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to oppress some from the church.
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And he killed Jacob the brother of John with the sword.
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And because he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to seize Peter also. (And it was during the Days of Unleavened Bread.)
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So when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after Passover.
Acts 16:22-26
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Then the multitude rose up against them; and the magistrates tore off their clothes and commanded them to be beaten with rods.
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And when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely.
24
Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
25
And at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
26
And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's bonds were loosened.
Acts 21:30
And all the city was in a commotion; and the people ran together, seized Paul, and dragged him out of the temple; and immediately the doors were shut.
Acts 21:31
Now as they were seeking to kill him, news came to the commander of the garrison that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
Acts 22:30
The next day, because he wanted to know for certain why he was accused by the Jews, he released him from his bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down and set him before them.
Acts 24:1-9
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And after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders and a certain orator named Tertullus. These made declarations to the governor against Paul.
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And when he was called upon, Tertullus began his accusation, saying: Seeing that through you we enjoy great peace, and prosperity is being brought to this nation by your providence,
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we accept it always and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.
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Nevertheless, not to be tedious to you any further, I entreat you to hear, by your fairness, a few words from us.
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For we have found this man pestilent, a mover of insurrection among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
6
He even tried to profane the temple, and we seized him, and were determined to judge him according to our law.
7
But the commander Lysias came by and with great violence took him out of our hands,
8
commanding his accusers to come to you. By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him.
9
And the Jews also assented, alleging that these things were so.
Acts 25:1
Now when Festus had come to the province, after three days he went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
Acts 25:2
Then the high priest and the chief men of the Jews made a statement to him against Paul; and they petitioned him,
Acts 25:11
For if I have done wrong, or have committed anything deserving of death, I do not refuse to die; but if there is nothing in these things of which these men accuse me, no one can deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar.
Acts 25:12
Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, You have appealed to Caesar? To Caesar you shall go.
Acts 25:22-25
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Then Agrippa said to Festus, I also would like to hear the man myself. Tomorrow, he said, you shall hear him.
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So the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp, and had entered the auditorium with the commanders and the prominent men of the city, at Festus' command Paul was led out.
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And Festus said: King Agrippa and all the men who are here present with us, you see this man about whom the whole assembly of the Jews petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying out that he was not fit to live any longer.
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But when I found that he had committed nothing deserving of death, and that he himself had appealed to Augustus, I decided to send him.
Acts 26:2-11
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I think myself happy, King Agrippa, because today I shall give a defense before you concerning all the things of which I am accused by the Jews,
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especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which have to do with the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
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My manner of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know.
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They knew me from the first, if they were willing to bear witness, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
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And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers.
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To this promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.
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Why should it be thought incredible by you if God raises the dead?
9
Indeed, I myself thought I must do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
10
This I also did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.
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And I punished them often in every synagogue and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
1 Thessalonians 2:15
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have driven us out; and they do not please God and are contrary to all men,
1 Thessalonians 2:16
forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, so as always to fill up the measure of their sins; but wrath has come upon them to the end.
1 Peter 4:12-14
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Beloved, do not be astonished at the fiery trial which is to try you, as though something unheard of was happening to you;
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but rejoice in so far as you partake of Christ's sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also rejoice with exceeding joy.
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If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. According to them He is blasphemed, but according to you He is glorified.
Revelation 2:10
Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have affliction ten days. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
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1 Peter 2:13
Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man because of the Lord; whether to the king as supreme,