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Thematic Bible



But the Jews urged on the devout women of high rank, and the leading citizens, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of the district, Verse ConceptsDevout MenIntoleranceInciting To EvilUnbelief, As Response To GodPersecution, OriginPersecution Of The Apostle Paul

"I indeed once thought with myself that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus, the Nazarene. "And this also I did in Jerusalem. Armed with authority from the chief priests, I shut up many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death I gave my vote against them. "In all the synagogues also I punished them oftentimes, and tried to make them blaspheme; and in my mad fury I was pursuing them even to foreign cities.

"If I had not done among them such works as none ever did, 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 what I told you, 'A slave is not better than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you. If they have obeyed my word, they will obey 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

"But he has no root in himself; he continues for a time, but when trouble arises, or persecutions, on account of the word, at once he stumbles and falls. Verse ConceptsFleeting ImpressionsNot Whole HeartedPersecution, Nature OfPersecution, OriginSuddenlyPeople StumblingChrist's Disciples Will SufferEnduringWhy It HappenedPersecution