Matthew 24:9
When that time comes, they will give you up to persecution, and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations on account of my Name.
John 16:2
They will expel you from their Synagogues; indeed the time is coming when any one who kills you will think that he is making an offering to God.
Matthew 23:34
That is why I send you Prophets, wise men, and Teachers of the Law, some of whom you will crucify and kill, and some of whom you will scourge in your Synagogues, and persecute from town to town;
John 15:19-20
If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world--that is why the world hates you.
Revelation 2:10
Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. The Devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tempted, and may undergo persecution for ten days. Be faithful even to death, and I will give you the Crown of Life.
Matthew 10:17-22
Be on your guard against your fellow men, for they will betray you to courts of law, and scourge you in their Synagogues;
Matthew 22:6
While the rest, seizing his servants, ill-treated them and killed them.
Mark 13:9-13
See to yourselves! They will betray you to courts of law; and you will be taken to Synagogues and beaten; and you will be brought up before governors and kings for my sake, that you may bear witness before them.
Luke 11:49
That is why the Wisdom of God said--"I will send to them Prophets and Apostles,
Luke 21:12
Before all this, they will lay hands on you and persecute you, and they will betray you to Synagogues and put you in prison, when you will be brought before kings and governors for the sake of my Name.
Luke 21:16-17
You will be betrayed even by your parents and brothers and relations and friends, and they will cause some of you to be put to death,
Acts 4:2-3
Much annoyed because they were teaching the people, and because, through Jesus, they were preaching the resurrection from the dead.
Acts 5:40-41
The Council followed his advice, and, calling the Apostles in, had them flogged, and then, after cautioning them not to speak in the Name of Jesus, set them free.
Acts 7:59
And they stoned Stephen, while he cried to the Lord: "Lord Jesus! receive my spirit!"
Acts 12:1-5
It was at that time that King Herod began to ill-treat some of the members of the Church.
Acts 21:31-32
They were bent upon killing him, when it was reported to the Officer commanding the garrison, that all Jerusalem was in commotion.
Acts 22:19-22
'Lord,' I answered, 'these people know that I used to imprison and scourge, in Synagogue after Synagogue, those who believed in you;
Acts 28:22
But we shall be glad to hear from you what your views are, for, with regard to this sect, we are well aware that it is spoken against on all sides."
1 Thessalonians 2:14-16
For you, Brothers, began to follow the example of the Churches of God in Judea which are in union with Jesus Christ; you, in your turn, suffering at the hands of your fellow-citizens, in the same way as those Churches did at the hands of the Jews--
1 Peter 4:16
But, if a man suffers as a Christian, do not let him be ashamed of it; let him bring honour to God even though he bears that name.
Revelation 2:13
I know where you dwell, where the Throne of Satan stands. And yet you hold to my Name, and you did not disown my Faith even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death among you where Satan dwells.
Revelation 6:9-11
When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the sake of God's Message and for the testimony which they had borne.
Revelation 7:14
'My Lord,' I answered, 'it is you who know.' 'These,' he said, 'are they who come through the Great Persecution; they washed their robes white in the blood of the Lamb.