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Thematic Bible



And the Jews stirred up the noble godly women, and the first men of the city, and they 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

Moreover indeed, I thought to myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazarene: which I did also in Jerusalem, and shut up many of the saints in prison; and having received authority from the chief priests, and they being slain, I gave my vote against them; and throughout all the synagogues, frequently punishing them, I compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceeding mad against them, I was persecuting them even also unto foreign cities.

If I did not works among them which no other did: they had not 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 lord. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will also keep yours. Verse ConceptsFate Of The GodlyFaith, As A Body Of Beliefsdiscipleship, cost ofHumiliationRememberingServanthood, In SocietySuffering, Causes OfPersecution, Nature OfPersecution, OriginPersecution PredictedInferioritySlavesThey Do Not Keep CommandsPersecution

but it has no root in him, but is temporary; and tribulation or persecution arising on account of the word, immediately he is offended. Verse ConceptsFleeting ImpressionsNot Whole HeartedPersecution, Nature OfPersecution, OriginSuddenlyPeople StumblingChrist's Disciples Will SufferEnduringWhy It HappenedPersecution