Matthew 24:9
When that time comes, they will give you up to persecution, and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations on account of my Name.
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.
Hebrews 11:34
quelled the fury of the flames, escaped the edge of the sword, found strength in the hour of weakness, displayed their prowess in war, and routed hostile armies.
Matthew 10:21
Brother will betray brother to death, and the father his child; and children will turn against their parents, and cause them to be put to death;
Matthew 13:11
"To you," answered Jesus, "the knowledge of the hidden truths of the Kingdom of Heaven has been imparted, but not to those.
Matthew 13:51-52
Have you understood all this?" Jesus asked. "Yes," they answered.
Matthew 20:23
"You shall indeed drink my cup," he said, "but as to a seat at my right and at my left--that is not mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."
Matthew 28:20
And teaching them to lay to heart all the commands that I have given you; and, remember, I myself am with you every day until the close of the age."
Luke 24:44-47
"This is what I told you," he said, "when I was still with you--that everything that had been written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms, must be fulfilled."
Acts 4:2-4
Much annoyed because they were teaching the people, and because, through Jesus, they were preaching the resurrection from the dead.
Acts 11:26
And, when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And so it came about that, for a whole year, they attended the meetings of the Church there, and taught a large number of people; and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called 'Christians.'
Acts 12:2-3
He had James, the brother of John, beheaded;
Acts 14:21
After telling the Good News throughout that town, and making a number of converts, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,
1 Corinthians 4:9
For, as it seems to me, God has exhibited us, the Apostles, last of all, as men doomed to death. We are made a spectacle to the universe, both to angels and to men!
2 Timothy 1:12
That is why I am undergoing these sufferings; yet I feel no shame, for I know in whom I have put my faith, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until 'That Day.'
2 Timothy 2:24-25
and a Servant of the Lord should never quarrel. He ought, on the contrary, to be courteous to every one, a skillful teacher, and forbearing.
2 Timothy 4:6
As for me, my life blood is already being poured out; the time of my departure is close at hand.
Hebrews 11:36-38
Others had to face taunts and blows, and even chains and imprisonment.
Revelation 1:9
I, John, who am your Brother, and who share with you in the suffering and kingship and endurance of Jesus, found myself on the island called Patmos, for the sake of the Message of God and the testimony to Jesus.
Revelation 2:13
I know where you dwell, where the Throne of Satan stands. And yet you hold to my Name, and you did not disown my Faith even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death among you where Satan dwells.
Revelation 6:9
When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the sake of God's Message and for the testimony which they had borne.
Revelation 7:14
'My Lord,' I answered, 'it is you who know.' 'These,' he said, 'are they who come through the Great Persecution; they washed their robes white in the blood of the Lamb.
Revelation 13:7-10
It had been permitted to fight with Christ's People and to conquer them, and it had received power over men of every tribe, and people, and language, and nation.
Revelation 17:6
And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of Christ's People and with the blood of the martyrs for Jesus. When I saw her, I was amazed beyond measure;