Matthew 10:17

Persecution Of Disciples Predicted

¹⁶ Remember, I am sending you out as my Messengers like sheep among wolves. So be as wise as serpents, and as blameless as doves. ¹⁷  Be on your guard against your fellow men, for they will betray you to courts of law, and scourge you in their Synagogues; ¹⁸ And you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, that you may witness for me before them and the nations.

Be on Your Guard

O God

Sanhedrin

Mark 13:9

See to yourselves! They will betray you to courts of law; and you will be taken to Synagogues and beaten; and you will be brought up before governors and kings for my sake, that you may bear witness before them.

Matthew 23:34

That is why I send you Prophets, wise men, and Teachers of the Law, some of whom you will crucify and kill, and some of whom you will scourge in your Synagogues, and persecute from town to town;

Matthew 5:22

I, however, say to you that any one who cherishes anger against his brother shall be liable to answer for it to the Court; and whoever pours contempt upon his brother shall be liable to answer for it to the High Council, while whoever calls down curses upon him shall be liable to answer for it in the fiery Pit.

Luke 12:11

Whenever they take you before the Synagogue Courts or the magistrates or other authorities, do not be anxious as to how you will defend yourselves, or what your defense will be, or what you will say;

Acts 26:11

Time after time, in every Synagogue, I tried by punishments to force them to blaspheme. So frantic was I against them, that I pursued them even to towns beyond our borders.

Acts 22:19

'Lord,' I answered, 'these people know that I used to imprison and scourge, in Synagogue after Synagogue, those who believed in you;

Matthew 20:19

And give him up to the Gentiles for them to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify; and on the third day he will rise."

Matthew 24:9-10

When that time comes, they will give you up to persecution, and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations on account of my Name.

Matthew 26:59

Meanwhile the Chief Priests and the whole of the High Council were trying to get such false evidence against Jesus, as would warrant putting him to death,

Mark 13:12

Brother will betray brother to death, and the father his child; and children will turn against their parents, and cause them to be put to death;

Luke 21:12-13

Before all this, they will lay hands on you and persecute you, and they will betray you to Synagogues and put you in prison, when you will be brought before kings and governors for the sake of my Name.

John 11:47

Upon this the Chief Priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the High Council, and said: "What are we to do, now that this man is giving so many signs?

John 16:2

They will expel you from their Synagogues; indeed the time is coming when any one who kills you will think that he is making an offering to God.

Acts 4:6-22

There were present Annas the High Priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and all who were of High-Priestly rank.

Acts 5:26-42

On this, the Officer went with his men and fetched the Apostles--without using violence, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people--

Acts 14:5-6

And, when there was an attempt on the part of both Gentiles and Jews, with their leading men, to resort to violence and to stone them,

Acts 17:14

Immediately upon that, the Brethren sent Paul off on his way to the sea coast, but both Silas and Timothy stayed behind in Beroea.

Acts 23:1-22

Paul fixed his eyes upon the Council, and began: "Brothers, for my part, I have always ordered my life before God, with a clear conscience, up to this very day."

2 Corinthians 11:24-26

Five times I received at the hands of the Jews forty lashes, all but one.

Philippians 3:2

Beware of those 'dogs'! Beware of those mischievous workers! Beware of the men who mutilate themselves!

2 Timothy 4:15

Do you also, be on your guard against him, for he is strongly opposed to our teaching.

Hebrews 11:36

Others had to face taunts and blows, and even chains and imprisonment.