6 Bible Verses about Persecution Of Christ

They rose up and threw Jesus out of the city, leading Him to the top of the hill on which the city was built, in order to throw Him down [from a cliff].

Then Herod and his soldiers treated Jesus with contempt and mocked Him. They dressed Him in a luxurious robe and then sent Him back to Pilate.

So, for this reason the Jews began persecuting Jesus, because He did these [kinds of] things on the Sabbath day.

Then after these things happened, Jesus traveled in Galilee [only], for He did not want to move around in Judea because the Jews [there] were trying to kill Him.

I know that you people are [all] descendants of Abraham; yet you are trying to kill me because you will not allow my message to affect you.

[Then] the Jews again tried to arrest Him, but He escaped from their hands.