Acts 8:1
Saul heartily approved of his being put to death. So on that day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all of them, except the apostles, were scattered over Judea and Samaria.
Acts 7:58
and dragged him out of the city and continued stoning him. The witnesses, in the meantime, laid their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.
Acts 5:33
When they heard this, they were furious, and wanted to kill them.
Acts 5:40
They were convinced by him, and after calling the apostles in and having them flogged, they charged them to stop speaking on the authority of Jesus, and then turned them loose.
Acts 22:20
and when the blood of your martyr Stephen was being shed, I stood by and approved it, and held the clothes of those who killed him.'
Acts 1:8
but you are going to receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you must be witnesses for me in Jerusalem and all over Judea and Samaria, and to the very ends of the earth."
Acts 8:4
Now those who were scattered went from place to place preaching the good news of the message.
Acts 8:14
When the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted God's message, they sent Peter and John there.
Acts 9:31
So the church all over Judea, Galilee, and Samaria enjoyed peace, and as it continued to be built up spiritually and to live in reverence for the Lord, it continued to increase in numbers through the encouragement that the Holy Spirit gave.
Matthew 5:13
"You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its strength, what can make it salt again? It is good for nothing but to be thrown away and trodden under foot.
Matthew 10:25-28
The pupil should be satisfied to become like his teacher, and the slave should be satisfied to become like his master. If men have called the Head of the house Beelzebub, how much worse names will they heap upon the members of His family!
Matthew 22:6
and the rest seized his slaves, treated them with violence, and murdered them.
Matthew 23:34
Therefore, I am going to send you prophets, wise men, and scribes, some of whom you will kill -- even crucify -- and some you will flog in your synagogues and chase from city to city,
Luke 11:49-50
This is why the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill, and some they will persecute';
John 4:39-42
Many of the Samaritans in that town believed in Him because of the woman's testimony, when she said, "He has told me everything I ever did."
John 15:20
Remember what I once told you: No slave is greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you too. If they have observed my teaching, they will observe yours too.
John 16:2
Men will turn you out of their synagogues. Yes, indeed, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think that he is rendering a religious service to God.
Acts 2:47
constantly praising God and always having the favor of all the people. And every day the Lord continued to add to them the people who were being saved.
Acts 5:18
they had the apostles arrested and put into the common jail.
Acts 5:20
"Go and take your stand in the temple square and continue to tell the people the message of this new life."
Acts 7:38
This is the one who in the congregation in the desert went between the angel, who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and our forefathers, who also received, to be handed down to you, utterances that still live.
Acts 7:54
As they continued to listen to this address, they were becoming infuriated and began to grind their teeth at him.
Acts 11:19-22
Now the fugitives from the persecution that started over Stephen went all the way to Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, telling the message to none but Jews.
Acts 13:1
Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who is called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen who was an intimate friend of the governor, and Saul.
Philippians 1:12
Now I want you to rest assured, brothers, that those things which have befallen me have actually resulted in the progress of the good news;
Hebrews 11:27
By faith he left Egypt, because he was not afraid of the king's anger, for he persevered as though he were actually seeing Him who is unseen.