Matthew 24:9

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Persecution of Disciples“Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of my name.

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  • John 15:19-20 : 19 If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you. 20 Remember what I told you,‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours too.
  • John 16:2 : 2 They will put you out of the synagogue, yet a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God.
  • Rev 2:10 : 10 Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison so you may be tested, and you will experience suffering for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself.
  • Luke 21:16-17 : 16 You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will have some of you put to death. 17 You will be hated by everyone because of my name.
  • Mark 13:9-9 : 9 Persecution of Disciples“You must watch out for yourselves. You will be handed over to councils and beaten in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them. 10 First the gospel must be preached to all nations. 11 When they arrest you and hand you over for trial, do not worry about what to speak. But say whatever is given you at that time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit. 12 Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death. 13 You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
  • Luke 21:12 : 12 But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.
  • 1 Thess 2:14-16 : 14 For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they in fact did from the Jews, 15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people, 16 because they hinder us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they constantly fill up their measure of sins, but wrath has come upon them completely.
  • Rev 7:14 : 14 So I said to him,“My lord, you know the answer.” Then he said to me,“These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!
  • Matt 10:17-22 : 17 Beware of people, because they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues. 18 And you will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them and to the Gentiles. 19 Whenever they hand you over for trial, do not worry about how to speak or what to say, for what you should say will be given to you at that time. 20 For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. 21 “Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death. 22 And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved!
  • 1 Pet 4:16 : 16 But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear such a name.
  • Acts 5:40-41 : 40 and they summoned the apostles and had them beaten. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them. 41 So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.
  • Rev 6:9-9 : 9 Now when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been violently killed because of the word of God and because of the testimony they had given. 10 They cried out with a loud voice,“How long, Sovereign Master, holy and true, before you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?” 11 Each of them was given a long white robe and they were told to rest for a little longer, until the full number was reached of both their fellow servants and their brothers who were going to be killed just as they had been.
  • Rev 2:13 : 13 ‘I know where you live– where Satan’s throne is. Yet you continue to cling to my name and you have not denied your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was killed in your city where Satan lives.
  • Luke 11:49 : 49 For this reason also the wisdom of God said,‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’
  • Matt 23:34 : 34 “For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town,
  • Acts 4:2-3 : 2 angry because they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection of the dead. 3 So they seized them and put them in jail until the next day(for it was already evening).
  • Matt 22:6 : 6 The rest seized his slaves, insolently mistreated them, and killed them.
  • Acts 7:59 : 59 They continued to stone Stephen while he prayed,“Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
  • Acts 12:1-5 : 1 James is Killed and Peter Imprisoned About that time King Herod laid hands on some from the church to harm them. 2 He had James, the brother of John, executed with a sword. 3 When he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter too.(This took place during the feast of Unleavened Bread.) 4 When he had seized him, he put him in prison, handing him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him. Herod planned to bring him out for public trial after the Passover. 5 So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly praying to God for him.
  • Acts 21:31-32 : 31 While they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion. 32 He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When they saw the commanding officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
  • Acts 22:19-22 : 19 I replied,‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues who believed in you. 20 And when the blood of your witness Stephen was shed, I myself was standing nearby, approving, and guarding the cloaks of those who were killing him.’ 21 Then he said to me,‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’” 22 The Roman Commander Questions Paul The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted,“Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!”
  • Acts 28:22 : 22 But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know that people everywhere speak against it.”

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    16You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will have some of you put to death.

    17You will be hated by everyone because of my name.

    18Yet not a hair of your head will perish.

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    12Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.

    13You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

    14The Abomination of Desolation“But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be”(let the reader understand),“then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.

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    10Then many will be led into sin, and they will betray one another and hate one another.

    11And many false prophets will appear and deceive many,

    12and because lawlessness will increase so much, the love of many will grow cold.

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    21“Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.

    22And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved!

    23Whenever they persecute you in one town, flee to another! I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

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    12But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.

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  • Mark 13:8-10
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    8For nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines. These are but the beginning of birth pains.

    9Persecution of Disciples“You must watch out for yourselves. You will be handed over to councils and beaten in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them.

    10First the gospel must be preached to all nations.

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    17Beware of people, because they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues.

    18And you will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them and to the Gentiles.

    19Whenever they hand you over for trial, do not worry about how to speak or what to say, for what you should say will be given to you at that time.

  • 22“Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil on account of the Son of Man!

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    6You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come.

    7For nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

    8All these things are the beginning of birth pains.

  • John 16:1-3
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    1“I have told you all these things so that you will not fall away.

    2They will put you out of the synagogue, yet a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God.

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    18The World’s Hatred“If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me first.

    19If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.

    20Remember what I told you,‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours too.

    21But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.

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    10“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

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    9And when you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be afraid. For these things must happen first, but the end will not come at once.”

    10Persecution of Disciples Then he said to them,“Nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

  • 14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

  • 27The Prediction of Peter’s Denial Then Jesus said to them,“You will all fall away, for it is written,‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’

  • 12Now in fact all who want to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

  • 7The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it that its deeds are evil.

  • 31The Prediction of Peter’s Denial Then Jesus said to them,“This night you will all fall away because of me, for it is written:‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

  • 14I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

  • 32For he will be handed over to the Gentiles; he will be mocked, mistreated, and spat on.

  • 40They will summon a mob who will stone you and hack you in pieces with their swords.

  • 34They will mock him, spit on him, flog him severely, and kill him. Yet after three days, he will rise again.”

  • 24They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led away as captives among all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

  • 25Now this happened to fulfill the word that is written in their law,‘They hated me without reason.’

  • 34“For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town,

  • 17I will set my face against you. You will be struck down before your enemies, those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when there is no one pursuing you.

  • 14But in fact, if you happen to suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. But do not be terrified of them or be shaken.