Acts 16:19
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19 But (A)when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and (B)dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
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Acts 21:30
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30 Then all the city was stirred up, and the people ran together. They seized Paul and (A)dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
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Acts 17:6
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6 And when they could not find them, (A)they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
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2 Corinthians 6:5
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5 (A)beatings, imprisonments, (B)riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger;
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Acts 18:12-13
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12 But when Gallio was (A)proconsul of Achaia, (B)the Jews[a] made a united attack on Paul and (C)brought him before the tribunal, 13 saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to (D)the law.”
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- Acts 18:12 Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verses 14 (twice), 28
Acts 16:16
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Paul and Silas in Prison
16 As we were going to (A)the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had (B)a spirit of (C)divination and (D)brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling.
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Acts 8:3
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3 But (A)Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he (B)dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.
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Acts 19:24-27
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24 For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, (A)brought no little business to the craftsmen. 25 (B)These he gathered together, with the workmen in similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that from this business we have our wealth. 26 And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great many people, (C)saying that (D)gods made with hands are not gods. 27 And there is danger not only that this trade of ours may come into disrepute but also that the temple of the (E)great goddess Artemis may be counted as nothing, and that she may even be deposed from her magnificence, she whom all Asia and the world worship.”
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Acts 15:26
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26 (A)men who have (B)risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Acts 14:19
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Paul Stoned at Lystra
19 (A)But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, (B)they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
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Acts 14:5
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5 When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, (A)to mistreat them and (B)to stone them,
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Acts 9:16
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16 For (A)I will show him how much (B)he must suffer (C)for the sake of my name.”
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Matthew 24:9
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9 “Then (A)they will deliver you up (B)to tribulation and (C)put you to death, and (D)you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.
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James 2:6
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6 But you (A)have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who (B)drag you (C)into court?
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Acts 15:22
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The Council's Letter to Gentile Believers
22 Then it seemed good to (A)the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called (B)Barsabbas, and (C)Silas, leading men among (D)the brothers,
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Matthew 10:16-18
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Persecution Will Come
16 (A)“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be (B)wise as serpents and (C)innocent as doves. 17 Beware of men, for (D)they will deliver you over to courts and flog you (E)in their synagogues, 18 (F)and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, (G)to bear witness before them and the Gentiles.
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1 Timothy 6:10
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10 For the love of money is a root of (A)all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
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