Acts 24:5
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5 (A)For we have found this man a plague, a creator of dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
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Acts 28:22
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22 But we desire to hear from you what you think; for concerning this sect, we know that (A)it is spoken against everywhere.”
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Acts 24:14
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14 But this I confess to you, that according to (A)the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the (B)God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in (C)the Law and in the Prophets.
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Acts 26:5
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5 They knew me from the first, if they were willing to testify, that according to (A)the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
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Acts 15:5
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5 But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”
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1 Corinthians 4:13
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13 being defamed, we [a]entreat. (A)We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.
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- 1 Corinthians 4:13 exhort, encourage
Acts 21:28
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28 crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man (A)who teaches all men everywhere against the people, the law, and this place; and furthermore he also brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”
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Acts 17:6-7
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6 But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, (A)“These who have turned the world upside down have come here too. 7 Jason has [a]harbored them, and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, (B)saying there is another king—Jesus.”
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- Acts 17:7 welcomed
Acts 16:20-21
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20 And they brought them to the magistrates, and said, “These men, being Jews, (A)exceedingly trouble our city; 21 and they teach customs which are not lawful for us, being Romans, to receive or observe.”
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Acts 5:17
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Imprisoned Apostles Freed
17 (A)Then the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with [a]indignation,
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- Acts 5:17 jealousy
1 Peter 2:19
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19 For this is (A)commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully.
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1 Peter 2:12-15
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12 (A)having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, (B)they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.
Submission to Government(C)
13 (D)Therefore submit yourselves to every [a]ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme, 14 or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good. 15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men—
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- 1 Peter 2:13 institution
1 Corinthians 11:19
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19 For (A)there must also be factions among you, (B)that those who are approved may be [a]recognized among you.
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- 1 Corinthians 11:19 Lit. manifest, evident
Acts 22:22
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Paul’s Roman Citizenship
22 And they listened to him until this word, and then they raised their voices and said, (A)“Away with such a fellow from the earth, for (B)he is not fit to live!”
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Acts 6:13
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13 They also set up false witnesses who said, “This man does not cease to speak [a]blasphemous words against this holy place and the law;
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- Acts 6:13 NU omits blasphemous
Luke 23:25
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25 (A)And he released [a]to them the one they requested, who for rebellion and murder had been thrown into prison; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
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- Luke 23:25 NU, M omit to them
Luke 23:19
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19 who had been thrown into prison for a certain rebellion made in the city, and for murder.
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Luke 23:5
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5 But they were the more fierce, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from (A)Galilee to this place.”
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Matthew 10:25
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25 It is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If (A)they have called the master of the house [a]Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household!
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- Matthew 10:25 NU, M Beelzebul; a Philistine deity, 2 Kin. 1:2, 3
Matthew 5:11-12
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11 (A)Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of (B)evil against you falsely for My sake. 12 (C)Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for (D)so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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Matthew 2:23
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23 And he came and dwelt in a city called (A)Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled (B)which was spoken by the prophets, “He shall be called a Nazarene.”
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Amos 7:10
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Jeremiah 38:4
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4 Therefore the princes said to the king, “Please, (A)let this man be put to death, for thus he [a]weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man does not seek the [b]welfare of this people, but their harm.”
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- Jeremiah 38:4 Is discouraging
- Jeremiah 38:4 Well-being; lit. peace
Esther 3:8
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8 Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of your kingdom; (A)their laws are different from all other people’s, and they do not keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not fitting for the king to let them remain.
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