Luke 21:12
But before all this, men will arrest you and persecute you, and hand you over to synagogues and prisons and have you brought before kings and governors on my account.
Acts 8:3
But Saul harassed the church. He went into one house after another, and dragging out men and women, put them in prison.
Matthew 10:16-25
"Here I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So you must be wise like serpents, and guileless like doves.
Matthew 22:6
and the rest seized his slaves, and ill treated them and killed them.
Matthew 23:34-36
This is why I am going to send you prophets, wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and hunt from one town to another;
Matthew 24:9-10
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.
Mark 13:9-13
But you must be on your guard; they will hand you over to courts and you will be taken into synagogues and beaten, and you will be brought before governors and kings on my account, to testify to them.
Luke 11:49-51
This is why the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send prophets and apostles to them, and some of them they will kill and some they will persecute'??50 so that this age may be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the creation of the world,
John 15:20
Remember what I said to 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 16:2-3
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.
Acts 4:3-7
They arrested them, and as it was already evening, they shut them up until next morning.
Acts 5:17-19
This aroused the high priest and all his supporters, the party of the Sadducees, and filled them with jealousy,
Acts 5:40
They were convinced by him, and they called the apostles in and had them flogged, and warned them not to speak about the name of Jesus, and then let them go.
Acts 6:12-15
They aroused the people, the elders, and the scribes, and they set upon him and seized him, and brought him before the council.
Acts 7:57-60
But they uttered a great shout and stopped their ears, and they rushed upon him all together,
Acts 9:4
and he fell to the ground. Then he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?"
Acts 12:1-4
About that time King Herod laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church.
Acts 16:22-26
The crowd also joined in the attack on them, and the magistrates had them stripped and beaten.
Acts 21:30-31
The whole city was thrown into confusion, and the people hurried together, and seized Paul and dragged him outside of the Temple, the gates of which were immediately shut.
Acts 22:30
The next day, as he wished to find out the real reason why the Jews denounced him, he had him unbound and ordered the high priests and the whole council to assemble, and took Paul down and brought him before them.
Acts 24:1-9
Five days later, the high priest Ananias came down with some of the elders and an attorney named Tertullus, and they presented their case against Paul before the governor.
Acts 25:1-2
Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
Acts 25:11-12
If I am guilty and have done anything that deserves death, I do not refuse to die; but if there is no truth in the charges that these men make against me, no one can give me up to them; I appeal to the emperor."
Acts 25:22-25
"I should like to hear the man myself," Agrippa said to Festus. "You shall hear him tomorrow," Festus answered.
Acts 26:2-11
"I think myself fortunate, King Agrippa," said he, "that it is before you that I am to defend myself today against all the things the Jews charge me with,
1 Thessalonians 2:15-16
who killed the Lord Jesus and persecuted the prophets and us; who displease God, and in their hostility to all mankind
1 Peter 2:13
Submit to all human authority, for the Master's sake; to the emperor, as supreme,
1 Peter 4:12-14
Dear friends, do not be surprised that a test of fire is being applied to you, as though a strange thing were happening to you,
Revelation 2:10
Do not be afraid of what you are going to suffer. See! The devil is going to put some of you into prison to be tested there, and for ten days to endure persecution. Prove faithful even unto death and I will give you the crown of life.