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But the Jews in cited the devout and influential women, and the first men of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their borders. Verse ConceptsDevout MenIntoleranceInciting To EvilUnbelief, As Response To GodPersecution, OriginPersecution Of The Apostle Paul

I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus the Nazarene. And this I did in Jerusalem; and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests: and when they were put to death, I gave my vote against them. And I punished them often in every synagogue, and compelled them to speak impiously; and, being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

If I had not done among them the works that no other man has done, they would have had no sin; but now they have both seen, and hated both me and my Father. Verse ConceptsMiracles, Responses ToEquality With GodWitnesses, To Jesus ChristThose Who Saw GodUnique ChristDoing God's WorksFather And Son AlikeHating GodRelationship Of Father And Son

Remember the word which I spoke to you, The servant is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep yours also. Verse ConceptsFate Of The GodlyFaith, As A Body Of Beliefsdiscipleship, cost ofHumiliationRememberingServanthood, In SocietySuffering, Causes OfPersecution, Nature OfPersecution, OriginPersecution PredictedInferioritySlavesThey Do Not Keep CommandsPersecution

Yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while; and when affliction or persecution arises on account of the word, he immediately takes offense. Verse ConceptsFleeting ImpressionsNot Whole HeartedPersecution, Nature OfPersecution, OriginSuddenlyPeople StumblingChrist's Disciples Will SufferEnduringWhy It HappenedPersecution