Acts 24:5
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5 For we have found this man a plague, (A)one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of (B)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 your views are, for with regard to this (A)sect we know that everywhere (B)it is spoken against.”
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Acts 26:5
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5 They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that (A)according to the strictest (B)party of our (C)religion I have lived as (D)a Pharisee.
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Acts 15:5
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5 But some believers who belonged to (A)the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, (B)“It is necessary (C)to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses.”
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1 Corinthians 4:13
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13 when slandered, we entreat. (A)We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, (B)the refuse of all things.
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Acts 17:6-7
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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, 7 and Jason has received them, and they are all acting against (B)the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is (C)another king, Jesus.”
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Acts 16:20-21
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20 And when they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men are Jews, and they are disturbing our city. 21 They (A)advocate customs that are not lawful for us (B)as Romans to accept or practice.”
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Acts 5:17
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The Apostles Arrested and Freed
17 But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is, the party of (A)the Sadducees), and filled with (B)jealousy
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Luke 23:2
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2 And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man (A)misleading our nation and (B)forbidding us to give tribute to (C)Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, (D)a king.”
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1 Peter 2:19
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19 For this is a gracious thing, when, (A)mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.
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1 Peter 2:12-15
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12 (A)Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, (B)they may see your good deeds and glorify God on (C)the day of visitation.
Submission to Authority
13 (D)Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution,[a] whether it be to the emperor[b] as supreme, 14 or to governors as sent by him (E)to punish those who do evil and (F)to praise those who do good. 15 For this is the will of God, (G)that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.
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- 1 Peter 2:13 Or every institution ordained for people
- 1 Peter 2:13 Or king; also verse 17
1 Corinthians 11:19
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19 for (A)there must be factions among you in order (B)that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.
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Acts 22:22
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Paul and the Roman Tribune
22 Up to this word they listened to him. Then they raised their voices and said, (A)“Away with such a fellow from the earth! For (B)he should not be allowed to live.”
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Acts 6:13
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13 and they (A)set up false (B)witnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against (C)this holy place and the law,
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Luke 23:25
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25 He released the man who had been thrown into prison (A)for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, (B)but he delivered Jesus over to their will.
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Luke 23:19
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19 a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city and (A)for murder.
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Luke 23:5
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5 But they were urgent, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, (A)from Galilee even to this place.”
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Matthew 10:25
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25 It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. (A)If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign[a] those of his household.
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- Matthew 10:25 Greek lacks will they malign
Matthew 5:11-12
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11 (A)“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely (B)on my account. 12 (C)Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great 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 went and lived in a city called (A)Nazareth, (B)so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, that he would be called a Nazarene.
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Amos 7:10
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Amos Accused
10 Then Amaziah (A)the priest of Bethel sent to (B)Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has (C)conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.
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Jeremiah 38:4
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4 Then the officials said to the king, (A)“Let this man be put to death, (B)for he is weakening the hands of the soldiers who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking (C)the welfare of this people, but their harm.”
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Esther 3:8
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8 Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom. (A)Their laws are different from those of every other people, and they do not keep the king's laws, so that it is not to the king's profit to tolerate them.
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