Acts 5:33
5:33 Now when they heard this, they became furious and wanted to execute them.
Acts 5:40
5:40 and they summoned the apostles and had them beaten.
Then
they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.
Acts 7:54
Stephen is Killed
7:54 When they heard these things, they became furious and ground their teeth at him.
Matthew 10:25-28
10:25 It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much more will they defame the members of his household!
Fear God, Not Man
10:26 “Do not be afraid of them, for nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing is secret that will not be made known.
10:27 What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
10:28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew 22:6
22:6 The
rest seized his slaves, insolently mistreated them, and killed them.
Matthew 23:34
23:34 “For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town,
Luke 11:49-50
11:49 For this reason also the wisdom
of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’
11:50 so that this generation may be held accountable
for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning
of the world,
John 15:20
15:20 Remember what
I told you, ‘A slave
is not greater than his master.’
If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed
my word, they will obey
yours too.
John 16:2
16:2 They will put you out of
the synagogue,
yet a time
is coming when the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God.