12 But before all these things, they will lay hands upon you, and will persecute you, and will deliver you up to councils and to prison, and will arraign you before kings and governors, on account of my name.
Luke 21:12 Cross References - Murdock
Matthew 10:16-25
16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep among wolves. Therefore be ye sagacious as serpents, and guileless as doves.
17 And beware of men; for they will deliver you over to the tribunals, and will scourge you in their synagogues.
18 And they will bring you before governors and kings, on my account, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.
19 And when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given you in that hour what to say.
20 For it is not ye that speak, but the spirit of your Father speaking in you.
21 And brother shall deliver up his brother to death, and a father his son; and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to die.
22 And ye shall be hated by every one, on account of my name. But he that shall endure to the end, shall have life.
23 And when they persecute you in one city, flee to another: for verily I say to you, Ye shall not have completed all the cities of the house of Israel, till the Son of man shall come.
24 No disciple is better than his rabbi; nor a servant, than his lord.
25 It is sufficient for the disciple, that he be as his rabbi; and the servant, as his lord. If they call the lord of the house Beelzebub, how much more the children of his family?
Matthew 22:6
6 and the rest seized his servants, and abused them, and slew them.
Matthew 23:34-36
34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; some of whom ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute them from city to city:
35 so that on you may come all the blood of the righteous, which hath been shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
36 Verily I say to you, that all these things will come upon this generation.
Matthew 24:9-10
Mark 13:9-13
9 And take heed to yourselves; for they will deliver you up to the tribunals; and ye will be beaten in the synagogues, and ye will stand before kings and governors, on my account, for a testimony to them.
10 And my tidings must first be proclaimed among all the nations.
11 And when they shall lead you to deliver you up, be not solicitous beforehand what ye shall say, neither premeditate; but, that which shall be given you in that hour, speak ye; for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit.
12 And brother will deliver up his brother to death, and the father his son; and children will rise up against their parents, and will kill them.
13 And ye will be hated of every man, on account of my name. But whoever shall persevere to the end, shall live.
Luke 11:49-51
49 Therefore hath wisdom said: Lo, I will send to them prophets and legates; and some of them they will persecute and slay;
50 that from this generation may be required, the blood of all the prophets, which hath been shed since the world was created;
51 from the blood of Abel, to the blood of Zachariah who was slain between the temple and the altar. Yea, say I to you: It will be required of this generation.
John 15:20
20 Remember the word that I spoke to you, That there is no servant, who is greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; and if they have observed my teaching, they will also observe yours.
John 16:2-3
Acts 4:3-7
3 And they laid hands on them, and kept them until the next day; because evening was drawing near.
4 And many who had heard the word, believed; and they were, in number, about five thousand men.
5 And the next day, the rulers and the Elders and the Scribes assembled;
6 and also Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and they who were of the kindred of the high priests.
7 And when they had set them in the midst, they interrogated them: By what power or what name, have ye done this?
Acts 5:17-19
Acts 5:40
40 And they called the legates, and scourged them, and commanded them not to teach in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them.
Acts 6:12-15
12 And they excited the people, and the Elders, and the Scribes; and they came, and rose upon him, and seized him, and carried him into the midst of the council.
13 And they set up false witnesses, who said: This man ceaseth not to utter words contrary to the law, and against this holy place.
14 For we have heard him say, that this Jesus the Nazarean will destroy this place, and will change the rites which Moses delivered to you.
15 And all they who were sitting in the council looked upon him, and they beheld his face, as the face of an angel.
Acts 7:57-60
57 And they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and all rushed upon him.
58 And they seized him, and hurried him out of the city, and stoned him. And they who testified against him, laid their clothes at the feet of a certain young man who was called Saul.
59 And they stoned Stephen, while he prayed and said: Our Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
60 And when he had kneeled down, he cried with a loud voice, and said: Our Lord, establish not this sin against them. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Acts 8:3
3 And Saul persecuted the church of God, entering houses, and dragging forth men and women and committing them to prison.
Acts 9:4
4 And he fell to the ground; and he heard a voice which said to him: Saul! Saul! why persecutest thou me? It will be hard for thee to kick against the goads.
Acts 12:1-4
1 And at that time Herod the king, who was surnamed Agrippa, laid hands on some of the church, to maltreat them.
2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
3 And when he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded also to arrest Simon Cephas. And the days of unleavened bread were then passing.
4 He seized him and cast him into prison, and delivered him to sixteen soldiers, who were to guard him; that he might, after the passover, deliver him up to the people of the Jews.
Acts 16:22-26
22 And a great company was collected against them. Then the prefects rent their garments, and commanded to scourge them.
23 And when they had scourged them much, they cast them into the prison, and commanded the keeper of the prison to keep them with care.
24 And he, having received this command, carried and immured them in the inner part of the prison, and confined their feet in the stocks.
25 And at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and glorifying God: and the prisoners heard them.
26 And suddenly there was a great shaking, and the foundations of the prison were moved; and at once all the doors opened, and the bands of all were loosed.
Acts 21:30-31
30 And the whole city was in commotion; and all the people assembled together, and laid hold of Paul, and dragged him out of the temple: and instantly the gates were closed.
31 And while the multitude were seeking to kill him, it was reported to the Chiliarch of the cohort, that the whole city was in uproar.
Acts 22:30
30 And the next day, he wished to know truly what the accusation was, which the Jews brought against him: and he unbound him, and commanded the chief priests, and the whole company of their head-men, to assemble; and he took Paul, and brought him down, and placed him among them.
Acts 24:1-9
1 And after five days, Ananias the high priest, with the Elders, and with Tertullus the orator, went down, and made a communication to the governor against Paul.
2 And when he had been called, Tertullus began to accuse him, and to say:
3 Through thee, we dwell in much tranquillity; and many reforms have come to this nation, under thy administration; and we all, in every place, receive thy grace, excellent Felix.
4 But, not to weary thee with numerous particulars, I pray thee to hear our humbleness, in brief.
5 For we have found this man to be an assassin, and a mover of sedition among all Jews in the whole land: for he is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazareans.
6 And he was disposed to pollute our temple. And having seized him we wished to judge him according to our law.
7 But Lysias the Chiliarch came, and with great violence took him out of our hands, and sent him to thee.
8 And he commanded his accusers to come before thee. And if thou wilt interrogate him, thou canst learn from him respecting all these things of which we accuse him.
9 And the Jews also pleaded against him, saying that these things were so.
Acts 25:1-2
Acts 25:11-12
11 If I had committed any crime, or done any thing worthy of death, I would not refuse to die. But if none of the things of which they accuse me, is upon me, no one may sacrifice me to their pleasure. I announce an appeal to Caesar.
12 Then Festus conferred with his counsellors, and said: Hast thou declared an appeal to Caesar? Unto Caesar shalt thou go.
Acts 25:22-25
22 And Agrippa said: I should like to hear that man. And Festus said: To-morrow thou shalt hear him.
23 And the next day, came Agrippa and Bernice, with great pomp, and entered the house of trials, with the Chiliarchs and chiefs of the city: and Festus commanded, and Paul came.
24 And Festus said: King Agrippa, and all persons present with us; concerning this man whom ye see, all the people of the Jews applied to me, at Jerusalem and also here, crying out, that he ought no longer to live.
25 Yet on investigation, I found that he hath done nothing deserving death. But, because he requested to be reserved for the hearing of Caesar, I have ordered him to be sent.
Acts 26:2-11
2 In regard to all the things of which I am accused by the Jews, king Agrippa, I consider myself highly favored, that I may this day make defence before thee:
3 especially, as I know thee to be expert in all the controversies and laws of the Jews. I therefore request thee to hear me with indulgence.
4 The Jews themselves, if they would testify, know well my course of life from my childhood, which from the beginning was among my nation and in Jerusalem.
5 For they have long been persuaded of me, and have known, that I lived in the princely doctrine of the Pharisees.
6 And now, for the hope of the promise which was made by God to our fathers, I stand and am judged.
7 To this hope, our twelve tribes hope to come, with earnest prayers by day and by night: and for this same hope, king Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.
8 How judge ye? Are we not to believe, that God will raise the dead?
9 For I myself, at first, resolved in my own mind, that I would perpetrate many adverse things against the name of Jesus the Nazarean.
10 Which I also did at Jerusalem; and by the authority I received from the chief priests, I cast many of the saints into prison and when they were put to death by them, I took part with those that condemned them.
11 And in every synagogue I tortured them, while I pressed them to become revilers of the name of Jesus. And in the great wrath, with which I was filled against them, I also went to other cities to persecute them.
1 Thessalonians 2:15-16
15 the persons who slew our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and persecuted their own prophets and us; and they please not God, and are made hostile to all men;
16 and they forbid us to speak to the Gentiles, that they may have life; to fill up their sins at all times. And wrath cometh on them to the uttermost.
1 Peter 2:13
13 And be ye submissive to all the sons of men, for God's sake; to kings, on account of their authority;
1 Peter 4:12-14
12 My beloved, be not dismayed at the trials that befall you, as if some strange thing had come upon you; for these things are for your probation.
13 But rejoice, that ye participate in the sufferings of the Messiah, that so ye may also rejoice and exult at the revelation of his glory.
14 And if ye are reproached on account of the name of the Messiah, happy are ye: for the glorious Spirit of God resteth upon you.
Revelation 2:10
10 Be not terrified at any of the things thou art to suffer. For lo, the Accuser will throw some of you into custody, that ye may be tried; and there will be trouble to you ten days. Be faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.