Quotes About Persecution

At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him.

But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”

“Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews just tried to stone You, and You are going back there?”

So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.

So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,

If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.

Remember the word that I spoke to you: ëNo servant is greater than his master.í If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.

But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.

But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ëThey hated Me without reason.í

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.

I have given them Your word and the world has hated them; for they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

Now Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he also went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest.

When Jesus had said this, one of the officers standing nearby slapped Him in the face and said, “Is this how You answer the high priest?”

“If He were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed Him over to you.”

And they went up to Him again and again, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and slapping Him in the face.

They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.

But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”

Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.

On their release, Peter and John returned to their own people and reported everything that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.

Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out

and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they returned with the report: