6 Bible Verses about Persecution Of Christ

Starting up, they drove Jesus out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town stood, intending to hurl him down.

And Herod, with his soldiers, treated Jesus with scorn; he mocked him by throwing a gorgeous robe round him, and then sent him back to Pilate.

And that was why the Jews began to persecute Jesus--because he did things of this kind on the Sabbath.

After this, Jesus went about in Galilee, for he would not do so in Judea, because the Jews were eager to put him to death.

I know that you are descendants of Abraham; yet you are seeking to put me to death, because my Message finds no place in your hearts.

Upon this the Jews again sought to arrest him; but he escaped their hands.