Acts 8:1
Saul approved of his being put to death. On that very day a great persecution broke out against the Church which was in Jerusalem; and its members, with the exception of the Apostles, were all scattered over the districts of Judea and Samaria.
Acts 7:58
And began to stone him, the witnesses laying their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.
Acts 5:33
The members of the Council became frantic with rage on hearing this, and were for putting the Apostles to death.
Acts 5:40
The Council followed his advice, and, calling the Apostles in, had them flogged, and then, after cautioning them not to speak in the Name of Jesus, set them free.
Acts 22:20
And, when the blood of your martyr, Stephen, was being shed, I was myself standing by, approving of his death, and took charge of the clothes of those who were murdering him.
Acts 1:8
But you shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit shall have descended upon you, and shall be witnesses for me not only in Jerusalem, but throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
Acts 8:4
Now those who were scattered in different directions went from place to place proclaiming the Good News.
Acts 8:14
When the Apostles at Jerusalem heard that the Samaritans had welcomed God's Message, they sent Peter and John to them;
Acts 9:31
And so it came about that the Church, throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, enjoyed peace and became firmly established; and, ordering its life by reverence for the Lord and the help of the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.
Matthew 5:13
It is you who are the Salt of the earth; but, if the salt should lose its strength, what will you use to restore its saltiness? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown away, and trampled underfoot.
Matthew 10:25-28
It is enough for a scholar to be treated like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Baal-zebub, how much more the members of his household!
Matthew 22:6
While the rest, seizing his servants, ill-treated them and killed 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;
Luke 11:49-50
That is why the Wisdom of God said--"I will send to them Prophets and Apostles,
John 4:39-42
Many from that town came to believe in Jesus--Samaritans though they were--on account of the woman's statement--'He has told me everything that I have done.'
John 15:20
Remember what I said to you--'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have laid my Message to heart, they will lay yours to heart also.
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 2:47
And the Lord daily added to their company those who were in the path of Salvation.
Acts 5:18
Arrested the Apostles, and had them placed in custody.
Acts 5:20
"Go," he said, "and stand in the Temple Courts, and tell the people the whole Message of this new Life."
Acts 7:38
He, too, it was who was present at the assembly in the Desert, with the angel who talked to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors, and who received living truths to impart to you.
Acts 7:54
As they listened to this, the Council grew frantic with rage, and gnashed their teeth at Stephen.
Acts 11:19-22
Now those who had been scattered in different directions, in consequence of the persecution that followed upon the death of Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, telling the Message--but only to Jews.
Acts 13:1
Among the members of the Church at Antioch there were several Prophets and Teachers--Barnabas, Simeon who was known by the name of 'Black', Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, foster-brother of Prince Herod, and Saul.
Philippians 1:12
Brothers, I want you to realize that what has happened to me has actually served to forward the Good News.
Hebrews 11:27
Faith caused him to leave Egypt, though undaunted by the King's anger, for he was strengthened in his endurance by the vision of the invisible God.