Thematic Bible: Had powers


Thematic Bible



Look! I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will torture and kill. Others you will torment and persecute from city to city. Verse ConceptsFloggingMediatorSuffering, Of BelieversTownCharacter AssassinationBeating BelieversCrucifiedKilling Will HappenOthers CrucifiedWise Men In The Church

I punished them in every synagogue and tried to force them to recant their beliefs. I was exceedingly mad against them. I persecuted them even in strange cities. Verse ConceptsForeign ThingsBlasphemy


I answered, 'Lord they know very well that I went to the synagogues and arrested and beat those who believe in you. Verse ConceptsFloggingBeating Believers

They answered: You were born in sin and you teach us? Then they threw him out. Verse ConceptsBirth, PhysicalPride, Examples OfRegretting BirthExcommunicationBabies Sinful From Birth


The parents said these things because they feared the Jews. The Jews had agreed that if any man should confess him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. Verse ConceptsPersecution, Forms OfSynagogueFear, Of PersecutionFear Of ManDisfellowshipExcommunicationFear Of EnemiesBelieving In Christ

Many of the rulers believed in him, although they did not confess their faith because of the Pharisees, for they would be expelled from the synagogue. Verse ConceptsSecret DiscipleshipCommitment, to Jesus ChristPersecution, Forms OfSynagogueFear Of ManDisfellowshipExcommunicationFearing Other PeopleThose Who Believed In ChristThose Who Did Not Tellconfessing