John 16:2

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John 16:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 “I have told you these things so that you will not fall away.

2 They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.

3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.

4 But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.

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John 9:22

His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.

John 9:34

They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.

John 12:42

Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue.

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.

1 Corinthians 4:13

when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.

Isaiah 65:5

They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.

Matthew 10:28

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matthew 24:9

Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

Acts 5:33

When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.

Acts 6:13

where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

Acts 6:14

For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”

Acts 7:56

“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

Acts 7:57

At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.

Acts 7:58

They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

Acts 7:59

While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

Acts 7:60

Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Acts 8:1

And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.

Acts 8:2

God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.

Acts 8:3

But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

Acts 9:1

Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest

Acts 9:2

and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

Acts 22:3

“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today.

Acts 22:4

I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,

Acts 22:19

‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.

Acts 22:20

And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’

Acts 22:21

Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

Acts 22:22

The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”

Acts 22:23

As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust into the air,

Acts 26:9

So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Acts 26:10

And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.

Acts 26:11

I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.

Romans 10:2

For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.

Romans 10:3

Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

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For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.

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I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

Philippians 3:6

as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.