John 16:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

The time

General references

Luke 12:52

Bible References

The time

You must never be afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul. But rather you must keep on fearing Him who can destroy both soul and body in the pit.

At that time they will turn you over to torture, and will murder you, and you will be hated by all the heathen, because you bear my name.

When they heard this, they were furious, and wanted to kill them.

Then they put up false witnesses who said, "This man never stops saying things against this holy place and against the law,

So he said, "Look! I see heaven open, and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand."

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.

Now Saul, as he was still breathing threats of murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest

"I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up here in this city, and carefully educated under the teaching of Gamaliel in the law of our forefathers. I was zealous for God, as all of you are today.

I myself, indeed, once thought it my duty to take extreme measures in hostility to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but they are not intelligently so.

You have heard, indeed, of my former conduct as an adherent of the Jewish religion, how I kept on furiously persecuting the church of God, and tried to destroy it,

by the standard set by zeal, I was a persecutor of the church, and measured by the uprightness reached by keeping the law, I was faultless.

General references

For from now on, five in a house will be divided, three against two, and two against three.