Luke 21:12 Cross References - BLB

¹² But before all these things, they will lay their hands upon you, and will persecute you, delivering you to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors on account of My name.

¹⁶ Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; therefore be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves. ¹⁷ But beware of men; for they will deliver you into the courts and they will flog you in their synagogues. ¹⁸ And you will be brought also before governors and kings on account of Me, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. ¹⁹ And when they deliver you up, do not be anxious how or what you should speak; for in that hour you will be given what you should say, ²⁰ for you are not those speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. ²¹ And brother will deliver up brother to death, and father, child; and children will rise up against parents and will put them to death. ²² And you will be hated by all on account of My name; but the one having endured to the end, he will be saved. ²³ And whenever they persecute you in one city, flee to the next. For truly I say to you, you shall not have completed the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes. ²⁴ A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master. ²⁵ It is sufficient for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If the master of the house they called Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!

⁶ And the rest, having laid hold of his servants, mistreated and killed them.

³⁴ Because of this, behold, I send to you prophets and wise men and scribes. Some of them you will kill and will crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues, and will persecute from town to town; ³⁵ so that upon you shall come all the righteous blood being poured out upon the earth, from the blood of the righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. ³⁶ Truly I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.

⁹ Then will they deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all the nations on account of My name. ¹⁰ And then many will fall away, and they will betray one another, and will hate one another;

⁹ But you take heed to yourselves. They will betray you to courts, and you will be beaten in synagogues; and you will stand before governors and kings because of Me, for a testimony to them. ¹⁰ And the gospel it behooves first to proclaim to all the nations. ¹¹ But when they might lead you away, delivering you up, do not be anxious beforehand what you should say; but whatever might be given to you in that hour, speak that. For you are not those speaking, but the Holy Spirit. ¹² And brother will deliver up brother to death, and father, child; and children will rise up against parents, and will put them to death. ¹³ And you will be hated by all on account of My name; but the one having endured to the end, he will be saved.

⁴⁹ Because of this also, the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’ ⁵⁰ so that the blood of all the prophets having been poured out from the foundation of the world might be charged against this generation, ⁵¹ from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the one having perished between the altar and the house. Yes, I say to you, it will be required of this generation.

²⁰ Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.

² They will put you out of the synagogues; but an hour is coming that everyone having killed you will think it is to offer a service to God. ³ And they will do these things because they do not know the Father nor Me.

³ And they laid hands on them and put them in custody until the next day; for it was already evening. ⁴ But many of those having heard the word believed, and the number of the men became about five thousand. ⁵ And it came to pass on the next day, their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem, ⁶ and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of high-priestly descent. ⁷ And having placed them in the midst, they began to inquire, “In what power or in what name have you done this?”

¹⁷ But the high priest, having risen up, and all those with him (being the sect of the Sadducees) were filled with jealousy, ¹⁸ and they laid hands on the apostles and put them in the public jail. ¹⁹ But during the night an angel of the Lord, having opened the doors of the jail, having brought them out, also said,

⁴⁰ And they were persuaded by him. And having called in the apostles, having beaten them, they commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and they released them.

¹² And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes; and having come upon him, they seized him and brought him to the Council. ¹³ And they set false witnesses, saying, “This man does not stop speaking words against this holy place and the Law. ¹⁴ For we have heard him saying that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses delivered to us.” ¹⁵ And having looked intently on him, all sitting in the Council saw his face as the face of an angel.

⁵⁷ And having cried out with a loud voice, they held their ears and rushed upon him with one accord, ⁵⁸ and having cast him out of the city, began to stone him. And the witnesses laid aside their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. ⁵⁹ And as they were stoning Stephen, he was calling out and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” ⁶⁰ And having fallen on his knees, he cried in a loud voice, “Lord, do not place this sin to them.” And having said this, he fell asleep.

³ But Saul was destroying the church. Entering houses after houses and dragging off men and women, he was delivering them to prison.

⁴ And having fallen on the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”

¹ Now at that time, Herod the king put forth the hands to mistreat some of those of the church. ² And he put to death James the brother of John with the sword. ³ And having seen that it is pleasing to the Jews, he proceeded to take Peter also—now these were the days of the Unleavened Bread— ⁴ whom also, having seized, he put in prison, having delivered him to four sets of four soldiers to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

²² And the crowd rose up together against them, and the magistrates having torn off their garments, were commanding that they be beaten with rods. ²³ And having laid many blows on them, they cast them into prison, having charged the jailer to keep them securely, ²⁴ who having received such an order, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. ²⁵ Now toward midnight, Paul and Silas praying, were singing praises to God. And the prisoners were listening to them. ²⁶ And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that foundations of the prison house were shaken, and immediately all the doors were opened, and the chains of all were loosed.

³⁰ And the whole city was provoked, and there was a rushing together of the people. And having laid hold of Paul, they dragged him outside the temple, and immediately the doors were shut. ³¹ And of them seeking to kill him, a report came to the commander of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in an uproar,

³⁰ And on the next day, desiring to know for certain why he is accused by the Jews, he unbound him and commanded the chief priests and the whole council to assemble. And having brought down Paul, he set him among them.

¹ And after five days, the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a certain orator, Tertullus, who made a representation against Paul to the governor. ² And of him having been called, Tertullus began to accuse, saying, “We are attaining great peace through you, and excellent measures are being done to this nation through your foresight. ³ Both in every way and everywhere, we gladly accept it, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness. ⁴ But in order that I should not be a hindrance you to any longer, I implore you to hear us briefly, in your kindness. ⁵ For we are having found this man a pest, and stirring insurrection among all the Jews in the world, and a leader of the sect of the Nazarenes ⁶ who even attempted to profane the temple, whom also we seized. ^{7 8} Having examined him yourself, you will be able to know from him concerning all these things of which we accuse him.” ⁹ And the Jews also agreed, declaring these things to be so.

¹ Therefore Festus, having arrived in the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea. ² And the chief priests and the chiefs of the Jews made a presentation before him against Paul, and they were begging him,

¹¹ Therefore if indeed I do wrong and have done anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is nothing of which they can accuse me, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!” ¹² Then Festus, having conferred with the Council, answered, “You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you will go!”

²² Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I have been wanting also to hear the man myself.” He says, “Tomorrow you will hear him.” ²³ So on the next day Agrippa and Bernice, having come with great pomp and having entered into the audience hall with both the commanders and the men in prominence in the city, and Festus having commanded, Paul was brought in. ²⁴ And Festus says, “King Agrippa and all men being present with us, you see this one concerning whom the whole multitude of the Jews pleaded with me, both in Jerusalem and here, crying out of him that he ought not to live any longer. ²⁵ But I, having understood him to have done nothing worthy of death, of this one himself now having appealed to the Emperor, I determined to send him,

² “Concerning all of which I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa, I esteem myself fortunate before you, being about to defend myself today, ³ you being especially acquainted with all the customs and also controversies of the Jews. Therefore I implore you to hear me patiently. ⁴ Then indeed all the Jews know my manner of life which is from youth, having been from its beginning among my own nation and in Jerusalem, ⁵ knowing me from the first, if they would be willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived as a Pharisee. ⁶ And now I stand being judged for the hope of the promise having been made by God to our fathers, ⁷ to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, serving in earnestness night and day, the hope concerning which I am accused by the Jews, O king. ⁸ Why is it judged incredible by you if God raises the dead? ⁹ Therefore I indeed in myself thought I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth, ¹⁰ which also I did in Jerusalem. And I also locked up many of the saints in prisons, having received the authority from the chief priests; and they being put to death, I cast against them a vote. ¹¹ And in all the synagogues, punishing them often, I was compelling them to blaspheme. And being exceedingly furious against them, I kept persecuting them even as far as to foreign cities,

¹⁵ who having killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and having driven us out, and not pleasing God, are also set against all men, ¹⁶ forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, so as always to fill up their sins. Now the wrath has come upon them to the utmost.

¹³ Be in subjection to every human institution for the sake of the Lord, whether to the king as being supreme,

¹² Beloved, do not be surprised at the fire among you taking place for a trial to you, as if a strange thing were happening to you. ¹³ But as you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, so that also in the revelation of His glory you may rejoice, exulting. ¹⁴ If you are insulted in the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.

¹⁰ Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so that you might be tested; and you shall have tribulation ten days. Be faithful unto death, and I will give to you the crown of life.