Matthew 24:9

Persecution Of Disciples Predicted

⁸ but all these miseries are but like the early pains of childbirth. ⁹ "At that time they will deliver you up to punishment and will put you to death; and you will be objects of hatred to all the nations because you are called by my name. ¹⁰ Then will many stumble and fall, and they will betray one another and hate one another.

Called by My Name

For My Name

Hated by All

John 16:2

You will be excluded from the synagogues; nay more, the time is coming when any one who has murdered one of you will suppose he is offering service to God.

Matthew 23:34

"For this reason I am sending to you Prophets and wise men and Scribes. Some of them you will put to death--nay, crucify; some of them you will flog in your synagogues and chase from town to town;

John 15:19-20

If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own property. But because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world--for that reason the world hates you.

Revelation 2:10

Dismiss your fears concerning all that you are about to suffer. I tell you that the Devil is about to throw some of you into prison that you may be put to the test, and for ten days you will have to endure persecution. Be faithful to the End, even if you have to die, and then I will give you the victor's Wreath of Life.

Matthew 10:17-22

But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to appear before Sanhedrins, and will flog you in their synagogues;

Matthew 22:6

and the rest seized the king's servants, maltreated them, and murdered them.

Mark 13:9-13

"You yourselves must be on your guard. They will deliver you up to Sanhedrins; you will be brought into synagogues and cruelly beaten; and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to be witnesses to them for me.

Luke 11:49

"For this reason also the Wisdom of God has said, 'I will send Prophets and Apostles to them, of whom they will kill some and persecute others,'

Luke 21:12

"But before all these things happen they will lay hands on you and persecute you. They will deliver you up to synagogues and to prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my sake.

Luke 21:16-17

You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, friends; and some of you they will put to death.

Acts 4:2-3

highly incensed at their teaching the people and proclaiming in the case of Jesus the Resurrection from among the dead.

Acts 5:40-41

His advice carried conviction. So they called the Apostles in, and--after flogging them--ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and then let them go.

Acts 7:59

So they stoned Stephen, while he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."

Acts 12:1-5

Now, about that time, King Herod arrested certain members of the Church, in order to ill-treat them;

Acts 21:31-32

But while they were trying to kill Paul, word was taken up to the Tribune in command of the battalion, that all Jerusalem was in a ferment.

Acts 22:19-22

"'Lord,' I replied, 'they themselves well know how active I was in imprisoning, and in flogging in synagogue after synagogue those who believe in Thee;

Acts 28:22

But we should be glad to hear from you what it is that you believe; for as for this sect all we know is that it is everywhere spoken against."

1 Thessalonians 2:14-16

For you, brethren, followed the example of the Churches of God in Christ Jesus which are in Judaea; seeing that you endured the same ill-treatment at the hands of your countrymen, as they did at the hands of the Jews.

1 Peter 4:16

If, however, any one suffers because he is a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God for being permitted to bear that name.

Revelation 2:13

Satan's throne is there; and yet you are true to Me, and did not deny your faith in Me, even in the days of Antipas My witness and faithful friend, who was put to death among you, in the place where Satan dwells.

Revelation 6:9-11

When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw at the foot of the altar the souls of those whose lives had been sacrificed because of the word of God and of the testimony which they had given.

Revelation 7:14

"My lord, you know," I replied. "They are those," he said, "who have just passed through the great distress, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.