Matthew 10:17

Persecution Of Disciples Predicted

¹⁶ "Behold, I send you forth as sheep among wolves: Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doves. ¹⁷ Beware of men: for they shall deliver you up to the councils, and shall scourge you in their synagogues; ¹⁸ And ye shall be brought to the head rulers and kings for my sake, in witness to them and to the Gentiles.

Be on Your Guard

O God

Sanhedrin

Mark 13:9

But take ye heed to yourselves. For they shall bring you up to the councils, and into the synagogues, and ye shall be beaten, and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings, for my sake, for a testimonial unto them.

Matthew 23:34

"Wherefore, Behold, I send unto you prophets, wise men, and scribes. And of them: some shall ye kill and crucify, and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;

Matthew 5:22

But I say unto you, Whosoever is angry with his brother shall be in danger of judgment: whosoever sayeth unto his brother, 'Raca,' shall be in danger of a council: but whosoever sayeth, 'Thou fool,' shall be in danger of hell fire.

Luke 12:11

When they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto the rulers, and officers, take no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall speak.

Acts 26:11

"And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme: and was yet more mad upon them, and persecuted them even unto strange cities.

Acts 22:19

And I said, 'Lord they know that I prisoned, and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee.

Deuteronomy 25:2-3

And if the trespasser be worthy of stripes, then let the judge cause to take him down and to beat him before his face according to his trespass, unto a certain number.

Micah 7:5

Let no man believe his friend, nor put his confidence in a prince. Keep the door of thy mouth, from her that lieth in thy bosom:

Matthew 20:19

and shall deliver him to the gentiles, to be mocked, to be scourged, and to be crucified: and the third day he shall rise again."

Matthew 24:9-10

Then shall they put you to trouble, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake:

Matthew 26:59

The chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, for to put him to death,

Mark 13:12

Yea, and the brother shall deliver the brother to death. And the father the son, and the children shall rise against their fathers and mothers, and shall put them to death.

Luke 21:12-13

But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you: delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prison: and bring you before kings and rulers for my name's sake.

John 11:47

Then gathered the high priests and the Pharisees a council and said, "What do we? This man doeth many miracles.

John 16:2

They shall excommunicate you: yea the time shall come, that whosoever killeth you, will think that he doth God true service.

Acts 4:6-22

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

Acts 5:26-42

Then went the ruler of the temple with ministers, and brought them without violence. For they feared the people lest they should have been stoned.

Acts 14:5-6

When there was a fault made, both of the gentiles and also of the Jews with their rulers, to put them to shame and to stone them:

Acts 17:14

and then, by and by, the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea. But Silas and Timothy abode there still.

Acts 23:1-22

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

2 Corinthians 11:24-26

in death often. Of the Jews, five times received I, every time, forty stripes, save one.

Philippians 3:2

Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers. Beware of dissension:

2 Timothy 4:15

of whom be thou ware also. For he withstood our preaching, sore.

Hebrews 11:36

Others tasted of mockings, and scourgings, moreover of bonds and prisonment: