14 Bible Verses about Persecution Of The Apostle Paul

He spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus. He had a dispute with the Greek speaking Jews and they made attempts to kill him.

The Jews incited the devout and honorable women and the leading men of the city. They caused persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their coasts.

Then some of the people of the nations and Jews, together with their leaders, decided to mistreat the apostles and stone them.

Jews from Antioch and Iconium took control of the crowd. They persuaded the people to stone Paul. Then they threw him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.

The crowd rose up against them. The magistrates ripped their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.

When Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat.

The mob followed closely and shouted: Away with him!

The people listened to Paul until he said this. Then they shouted at the top of their voices: Away with him! Kill him! He is not fit to live!

The dispute became so violent the commander was afraid they would pull Paul to pieces. He commanded the soldiers to go down and to take him from among them by force, and to bring him into the barracks.

We labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it;

We are persecuted, yet not forsaken. We are struck down, yet not destroyed.

Of the Jews five times I received forty stripes less one.

I suffer hardship even to imprisonment as a criminal. But the word of God is not imprisoned.

and also persecutions and sufferings. The things that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured. Out of them the Lord delivered me.