Thematic Bible: Of criminal courts
Thematic Bible
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Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute from city to city;
And often punishing them in all the synagogues, I compelled them to blaspheme. And, being exceedingly furious against them, I persecuted them even to cities out of our own land.
But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to sanhedrims, and scourge you in their synagogues;
And I said, Lord, they themselves know that I was imprisoning and beating in every synagogue those that believe on thee;