Thematic Bible: Of criminal courts
Thematic Bible
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Wherefore behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
And I punished them often in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
But beware of men: for they will deliver you to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.
And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned, and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee: