Luke 21:12 Cross References - MKJV

¹² But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for My name's sake.

¹⁶ Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be as wise as serpents and as harmless as doves. ¹⁷ But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to the sanhedrins, and they will scourge you in their synagogues. ¹⁸ And you shall be brought before governors and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them and the nations. ¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what you shall speak; for it shall be given you in that same hour what you shall speak. ²⁰ For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you. ²¹ And brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. And the children shall rise up against their parents and cause them to be put to death. ²² And you will be hated of all men for My name's sake, but the one who endures to the end shall be kept safe. ²³ But when they persecute you in this city, flee into another; for truly I say to you, In no way shall you have finished the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes. ²⁴ A disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. ²⁵ It is enough for the disciple that he is like his master, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household?

⁶ And the rest took his servants and treated them spitefully, and killed them.

³⁴ Therefore, behold, I send prophets and wise men and scribes to you. And you will kill and crucify some of them. And some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city; ³⁵ so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Berachiah, whom you killed between the temple and the altar. ³⁶ Truly I say to you, All these things shall come on this generation.

⁹ Then they will deliver you up to be afflicted and will kill you. And you will be hated of all nations for My name's sake. ¹⁰ And then many will be offended, and will betray one another, and will hate one another.

⁹ But take heed to yourselves. For they shall deliver you up to sanhedrins, and in the synagogues you shall be beaten. And you shall be brought before rulers and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them. ¹⁰ And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all nations. ¹¹ But whenever they lead you away and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what you should speak or think. But speak whatever shall be given to you in that hour. For it is not you who speaks, but the Holy Spirit. ¹² And a brother will betray a brother to death, and a father his son. And children will rise up against their parents and will cause them to be put to death. ¹³ And you will be hated by all for My name's sake, but he enduring to the end, that one will be kept safe.

⁴⁹ Therefore the wisdom of God also said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute, ⁵⁰ so that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; ⁵¹ from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the temple. Truly I say to you, It shall be required of this generation.

²⁰ Remember the word that I said to you, The servant is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they have kept My saying, they will also keep yours.

² They shall put you out of the synagogue. But an hour is coming that everyone who kills you will think that he bears God service. ³ And they will do these things to you because they have not known the Father nor Me.

³ And they laid hands on them and put them under guard until the next day, for it was already evening. ⁴ But many of those who heard the Word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand. ⁵ And it happened on the next day that their rulers and elders and scribes, gathered to Jerusalem, ⁶ and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest. ⁷ And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name have you done this?

¹⁷ And rising up, the high priest, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees) were filled with anger, ¹⁸ And laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the public custody. ¹⁹ But the angel of the Lord opened the prison doors by night and brought them out, and said,

⁴⁰ And they obeyed him. And calling the apostles, beating them, they commanded not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

¹² And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes. And coming on, they seized him and brought him to the sanhedrin. ¹³ And they set up false witnesses, who said, This man does not cease speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the Law. ¹⁴ For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered to us. ¹⁵ And looking intently at him. all those sitting in the sanhedrin saw his face as if it were the face of an angel.

⁵⁷ And crying out with a loud voice, they stopped their ears and ran on him with one accord. ⁵⁸ And throwing him outside the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid their clothes down at the feet of a young man named Saul. ⁵⁹ And they stoned Stephen, who was calling on God and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. ⁶⁰ And kneeling down, he cried with a loud voice, Lord, do not lay this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

³ But Saul ravaged the church, entering into every house. And dragging men and women, he delivered them up to prison.

⁴ And he fell to the earth and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?

¹ And at that time Herod the king threw on his hands to oppress some of those of the church. ² And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. ³ And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he went further to seize Peter also. (And they were days of Unleavened Bread.) ⁴ And capturing him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four sets of four soldiers to keep him; intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

²² And the crowd rose up against them. And tearing off their clothes, the judges ordered them to be flogged. ²³ And after laying on them many stripes, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailor to keep them safely; ²⁴ who, having received such a command, thrust them into the inner prison and made their feet fast in the stocks. ²⁵ And toward midnight Paul and Silas prayed and praised God in a hymn. And the prisoners listened to them. ²⁶ And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened and all the bonds were loosened.

³⁰ And all the city was moved, and the people ran together. And laying hands on Paul, they drew him outside of the temple. And immediately the doors were shut. ³¹ And as they were seeking to kill him, the news came to the chiliarch of the cohort, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

³⁰ On the next day, he desiring to know with certainty why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from his bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their sanhedrin to appear. And bringing Paul down, he set him among them.

¹ And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders and with a certain orator, Tertullus, who made a statement to the governor against Paul. ² And being called, Tertullus began to accuse, saying, ³ Since we enjoy great quietness by you, and very worthy deeds are done to this nation due to your forethought, in everything and everywhere, most noble Felix, we accept with all thankfulness. ⁴ But that I not hinder you further, I beseech you to hear us briefly in your fairness. ⁵ For we have found this man pestilent, and moving rebellion among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes, ⁶ who also attempted to profane the temple, whom we took and would have judged according to our Law. ⁷ But the chiliarch Lysias came with much force, taking him away out of our hands, ⁸ commanding his accusers to come to you. By examining him, you yourself may know about all these things of which we accuse him. ⁹ And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.

¹ Then entering the province, after three days Festus went from Caesarea to Jerusalem. ² And the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and they begged him

¹¹ For if I am an offender or have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is nothing of which these accuse me, no one can deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar. ¹² Then conferring with the sanhedrin, Festus answered, You have appealed to Caesar? To Caesar you shall go.

²² And Agrippa said to Festus, I also would like to hear the man myself. And he said, Tomorrow you shall hear him. ²³ And on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp and had entered into the auditorium with both the chiliarchs and principal men of the city, also Festus commanding, Paul was brought out. ²⁴ And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all those men present with us, you see this one about whom all the multitude of the Jews pleaded with me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying that he ought not to live any longer. ²⁵ But I had perceived nothing he had committed worthy of death, and that he himself has appealed to Augustus, I determined to send him,

² Concerning all of which I am accused by Jews, king Agrippa, I think myself happy being about to make defense before you today, ³ you being especially expert in all customs and questions among the Jews. Therefore I beseech you to hear me patiently. ⁴ Truly, then, all the Jews know my manner of life from my youth, which was at first among my own nation at Jerusalem, ⁵ who knew me from the first, if they would testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. ⁶ And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made to our fathers by God, ⁷ to which promise our twelve tribes hope to attain, serving God fervently night and day. For the sake of this hope, king Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews. ⁸ Why is it thought a thing incredible with you that God raises the dead? ⁹ I truly thought within myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth, ¹⁰ which I also did in Jerusalem. And I shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests. And they being put to death, I cast a vote. ¹¹ And I punished them often in every synagogue; I compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly furious against them, I persecuted them even to the outside cities.

¹⁵ who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, also driving us out and they do not please God and being contrary to all men, ¹⁶ forbidding us to speak to the nations that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always; but the wrath has come upon them to the uttermost.

¹³ Then be in obedience to every ordinance of men, because of the Lord, whether to a king as supreme,

¹² Beloved, do not be astonished at the fiery trial which is to try you, as though a strange thing happened to you, ¹³ but rejoice according as you are partakers of Christ's suffering, so that when His glory shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy. ¹⁴ If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of God and of glory rests on you. Truly according to them, He is blasphemed, but according to you He is glorified.

¹⁰ Do not at all fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the Devil will cast some of you into prison, so that you may be tried. And you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.