Matthew 23:34
This is why I will send you prophets, wise men, and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, some of whom you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town;
Matthew 10:16-17
I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be wise like serpents and guileless like doves.
Matthew 10:23
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; truly I tell you, you will not have covered the towns of Israel before the Son of man arrives.
Matthew 13:52
So he said to them, "Well then, every scribe who has become a disciple of the Realm of heaven is like a householder who produces what is new and what is old from his stores."
Acts 13:1
Now in the local church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Symeon (called Niger) and Lucius the Cyrenian, besides Manaen (a foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch) and Saul.
Matthew 23:34-36
This is why I will send you prophets, wise men, and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, some of whom you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town;
Matthew 28:19-20
go and make disciples of all nations, baptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the holy Spirit,
Luke 11:49-51
This is why the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some they will kill and some they will persecute';
Luke 24:47
and that repentance and the remission of sins must be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
John 16:2
They will excommunicate you; indeed the time is coming when anyone who kills you will imagine he is performing a service to God.
John 20:21
Jesus then repeated, "Peace be with you! As the Father sent me forth, I am sending you forth."
Acts 1:8
You will receive power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses at Jerusalem, throughout all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
Acts 5:40
They gave in to him, and after summoning the apostles and giving them a flogging, they released them with instructions that they were not to speak about the name of Jesus.
Acts 7:51-52
Stiff-necked, uncircumcised in heart and ear, you are always resisting the holy Spirit! As with your fathers, so with you!
Acts 7:58-59
Putting him outside the city, they proceeded to stone him (the witnesses laid their clothes at the feet of a youth called Saul).
Acts 9:1-2
Meanwhile Saul still breathed threats of murder against the disciples of the Lord. He went to the high priest
Acts 11:27
During these days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch,
Acts 12:2
James the brother of John he slew with the sword,
Acts 14:19
But Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived, who won over the crowds, and after pelting Paul with stones they dragged him outside the town, thinking he was dead.
Acts 15:32
and as Judas and Silas were themselves prophets, they encouraged and strengthened the brothers with many a counsel.
Acts 22:19-20
'But, Lord,' I said, 'they surely know it was I who imprisoned and flogged those who believed in you throughout the synagogues,
1 Corinthians 2:6
We do discuss 'wisdom' with those who are mature; only it is not the wisdom of this world or of the dethroned Powers who rule this world,
1 Corinthians 3:10
In virtue of my commission from God, I laid the foundation of the house like an expert master-builder. It remains for another to build on this foundation. Whoever he is, let him be careful how he builds.
1 Corinthians 12:3-11
so I tell you now, that no one is speaking in the Spirit of God when he cries, 'Cursed be Jesus,' and that no one can say, 'Jesus is Lord,' except in the holy Spirit.
2 Corinthians 11:24-25
five times have I got forty lashes (all but one) from the Jews,
Ephesians 4:8-12
Thus it is said, When he ascended on high he led a host captive and granted gifts to men.
Colossians 1:28
This is the Christ we proclaim; we train everyone and teach everyone the full scope of this knowledge, in order to set everyone before God mature in Christ;
1 Thessalonians 2:16
by hindering us from speaking words of salvation to the Gentiles. So they would fill up the measure of their sins to the last drop! But the Wrath is on them to the bitter end!
Revelation 11:10
and the dwellers on earth will gloat over them and rejoice, sending presents to congratulate one another ??for these two prophets were a torment to the dwellers on earth.