But take heed to yourselves, for they shall deliver you up in the councils, and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten; and ye shall be called before rulers and kings for my sake for a testimony unto them.

And when they bring you unto the synagogues and unto magistrates and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer or what ye shall say;

But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and into prisons, being brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.

They shall put you out of the synagogues, and the hour will even come when whosoever kills you will think that he does God service.

and Annas, the high priest, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest were gathered together at Jerusalem.

Then the captain with the officers went and brought them without violence, for they feared being stoned by the people.

Then Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

Councils

but I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother out of control shall be in danger of the judgment, and whosoever shall insult his brother shall be in danger of the council, but whosoever shall say, Thou art impious, shall be in danger of hell.

Now the princes of the priests and the elders and all the council sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

Then the high priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, What shall we do? for this man does many signs.

Scourge

and shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify; ; and the third day he shall rise again.

Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets and wise men and scribes, and some of them ye shall kill and crucify, and some of them ye shall scourge in your synagogues and persecute them from city to city,

And it shall be if the wicked man is worthy to be beaten the judge shall cause him to lie down and to be beaten in his presence, according to his fault, by a certain number.

And they agreed with him; and when they had called the apostles and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus and let them go.

And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and in every synagogue beat those that believed on thee;

And I punished them often in every synagogue and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities.

Of the Jews five times I received forty stripes less one.

and others experienced cruel mockings and scourgings, and added to this, bonds and imprisonment;

General references

And it shall be if the wicked man is worthy to be beaten the judge shall cause him to lie down and to be beaten in his presence, according to his fault, by a certain number.

And when they bring you unto the synagogues and unto magistrates and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer or what ye shall say;