13 Bible Verses about Persecution Of The Apostle Paul
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And the Jews stirred up the noble godly women, and the first men of the city, and they raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their borders.
And when there was a conspiracy of both Gentiles and Jews along with their leaders, to insult and stone them,
But the Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the multitudes, stoned Paul, dragged him out of the city, thinking that he was dead;
And the crowd stood up together against them: and the magistrates tearing off their garments, commanded the lictors to beat them with rods.
But Gallio being proconsul of Achaia, the Jews of one accord arose up against Paul, and led him to the tribunal,
And they continued to hear him until this word, and lifted up their voice, saying, Take away such a one from the earth: for it is not appropriate for him to live.
And the dissension being great, the chiliarch fearing lest Paul may be torn to pieces by them, commanded the army, having gone down, to take him from their midst, and lead him into the castle.
and we toil working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure it;
from the Jews five times I received forty stripes save one,
in whom I suffer affliction as an evil-doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
persecutions, sufferings; such as came to me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; such persecutions as I endured: and the Lord delivered me out of them all.
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