Thematic Bible: Had powers
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Look! I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will torture and kill. Others you will torment and persecute from city to city.
I punished them in every synagogue and tried to force them to recant their beliefs. I was exceedingly mad against them. I persecuted them even in strange cities.
Beware of men! They will take you to court! They will have you beaten in their meeting places.
I answered, 'Lord they know very well that I went to the synagogues and arrested and beat those who believe in you.
Synagogue » Primarily an assembly of jews and God-fearers » Had powers » Of religious courts
They answered: You were born in sin and you teach us? Then they threw him out.
They will throw you out of the synagogues. Yes, the hour comes that whoever kills you will think that he offered service to God.
The parents said these things because they feared the Jews. The Jews had agreed that if any man should confess him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
Many of the rulers believed in him, although they did not confess their faith because of the Pharisees, for they would be expelled from the synagogue.
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