Thematic Bible: Of criminal courts
Thematic Bible
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"For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town,
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I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to force them to blaspheme. Because I was so furiously enraged at them, I went to persecute them even in foreign cities.
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Beware of people, because they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues.
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I replied, 'Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues who believed in you.
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