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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John 16:2
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2 (A)They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, (B)the hour is coming when (C)whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
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John 15:19-20
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19 (A)If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because (B)you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you: (C)‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, (D)they will also persecute you. (E)If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
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Luke 21:16-17
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16 You will be delivered up (A)even by parents and brothers[a] and relatives and friends, and some of you they will put to death. 17 (B)You will be hated by all for my name's sake.
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- Luke 21:16 Or parents and brothers and sisters
Revelation 2:10
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Mark 13:9-13
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9 (A)“But (B)be on your guard. For they will deliver you over to councils, and you will be beaten (C)in synagogues, and you will stand before (D)governors and (E)kings for my sake, (F)to bear witness before them. 10 And the gospel must first be proclaimed (G)to all nations. 11 And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, (H)do not be anxious beforehand what you are to say, but say (I)whatever is given you in that hour, (J)for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. 12 (K)And brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death. 13 (L)And you will be hated by all for my name's sake. (M)But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
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Matthew 10:17-22
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17 Beware of men, for (A)they will deliver you over to courts and flog you (B)in their synagogues, 18 (C)and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, (D)to bear witness before them and the Gentiles. 19 (E)When (F)they deliver you over, (G)do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for (H)what you are to say will be given to you in that hour. 20 (I)For it is not you who speak, but (J)the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. 21 (K)Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, 22 (L)and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. (M)But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
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Revelation 7:14
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14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of (A)the great tribulation. (B)They have washed their robes and (C)made them white (D)in the blood of the Lamb.
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Revelation 6:9-11
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9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under (A)the altar (B)the souls of those who had been slain (C)for the word of God and for (D)the witness they had borne. 10 They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, (E)holy and true, (F)how long (G)before you will judge and (H)avenge our blood on (I)those who dwell on the earth?” 11 Then they were each given (J)a white robe and (K)told to rest a little longer, (L)until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers[a] (M)should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.
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- Revelation 6:11 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
1 Peter 4:16
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16 Yet (A)if anyone suffers as a (B)Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God (C)in that name.
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Acts 5:40-41
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1 Thessalonians 2:14-16
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14 For you, brothers, (A)became imitators of (B)the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For (C)you suffered the same things from your own countrymen (D)as they did from the Jews,[a] 15 (E)who killed both the Lord Jesus and (F)the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and (G)oppose all mankind 16 (H)by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved—so as always (I)to fill up the measure of their sins. But (J)wrath has come upon them at last![b]
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:14 The Greek word Ioudaioi can refer to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, who opposed the Christian faith in that time
- 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or completely, or forever
Acts 4:2-3
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2 greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming (A)in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3 And they arrested them and (B)put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening.
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Revelation 2:13
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13 “‘I know where you dwell, (A)where Satan's throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not (B)deny my faith[a] even in the days of Antipas (C)my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
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- Revelation 2:13 Or your faith in me
Acts 21:31-32
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31 (A)And as they were seeking to kill him, word came to the tribune of (B)the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion. 32 (C)He at once took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them. And when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
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Acts 7:59
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59 And as they were stoning Stephen, (A)he called out, “Lord Jesus, (B)receive my spirit.”
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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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