John 16:2

Coming Testimony And Rejection

¹ "I have told you this to keep you from faltering. ²  They will exclude you from their synagogues; why, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is doing religious service to God. ³ They will do this because they do not know the Father or me.

Before God

Hour is Coming

Time is Coming

O God

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John 9:22

His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already made an agreement that if anyone acknowledged Jesus as the Christ, he should be excluded from the synagogues.

Acts 26:9-11

I once thought it my duty vigorously to oppose the cause of Jesus of Nazareth.

John 12:42

Yet for all that, even among the leading men, many came to believe in him, but on account of the Pharisees they would not acknowledge it, for fear of being excluded from the synagogues,

Acts 5:33

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

Acts 6:13-14

Then they brought forward false witnesses, who said, "This man is constantly saying things against this holy place and against the Law,

Acts 7:56-3

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

Acts 9:1-2

Now Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the Lord's disciples, went to the high priest,

Acts 22:3-4

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

Acts 22:19-23

And I said, 'Lord, they know that I used to go through one synagogue after another, and to imprison and flog those who believed in you,

Romans 10:2-3

I can testify to their sincere devotion to God, but it is not an intelligent devotion.

1 Corinthians 4:13

when they slander us, we try to conciliate them. We have come to be like the scum of the earth, the dregs of the world, and we are so now.

Galatians 1:13-14

You have heard of my former conduct when I was attached to the Jewish religion??ow furiously I used to persecute the church of God and ravage it,

Matthew 10:28

Have no fear of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul. You had better be afraid of one who can destroy both soul and body in the pit.

Matthew 24:9

Then they will hand you over to persecution and they will put you to death, and you will be hated by all the heathen because you bear my name.

Luke 6:22

"Blessed are you when people hate you and exclude you and denounce you and spurn the name you bear as evil, on account of the Son of Man.

John 4:21

Jesus said to her, "Believe me, the time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor at Jerusalem.

John 9:34

They answered, "You were born in utter sin, and are you trying to teach us?" So they excluded him from the synagogue.

Philippians 3:6

as to my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church; and by the Law's standard of uprightness, no fault could be found with me.

Revelation 6:9

When he broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who have been slaughtered on account of God's message and for adhering to the testimony.