TOPICAL BIBLE
Persecution
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Acts 4:19and Peter and John answering unto them said, ‘Whether it is righteous before God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye;Acts 4:20for we cannot but speak what we did see and hear.’Acts 4:27for gathered together of a truth against Thy holy child Jesus, whom Thou didst anoint, were both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and peoples of Israel,Acts 5:18and laid their hands upon the apostles, and did put them in a public prison;Acts 5:19and a messenger of the Lord through the night opened the doors of the prison, having also brought them forth, he said,Acts 5:20‘Go on, and standing, speak in the temple to the people all the sayings of this life;’Acts 5:21and having heard, they did enter at the dawn into the temple, and were teaching. And the chief priest having come, and those with him, they called together the sanhedrim and all the senate of the sons of Israel, and they sent to the prison to have them brought,Acts 5:22and the officers having come, did not find them in the prison, and having turned back, they told,Acts 5:23saying—‘The prison indeed we found shut in all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors, and having opened—within we found no one.’Acts 5:24And as the priest, and the magistrate of the temple, and the chief priests, heard these words, they were doubting concerning them to what this would come;Acts 5:25and coming near, a certain one told them, saying—‘Lo, the men whom ye did put in the prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people;’Acts 5:26then the magistrate having gone away with officers, brought them without violence, for they were fearing the people, lest they should be stoned;Acts 5:27and having brought them, they set them in the sanhedrim, and the chief priest questioned them,Acts 5:28saying, ‘Did not we strictly command you not to teach in this name? and lo, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and ye intend to bring upon us the blood of this man.’Acts 5:29And Peter and the apostles answering, said, ‘To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;Acts 5:30and the God of our fathers did raise up Jesus, whom ye slew, having hanged upon a tree;Acts 5:31this one God, a Prince and a Saviour, hath exalted with His right hand, to give reformation to Israel, and forgiveness of sins;Acts 5:32and we are His witnesses of these sayings, and the Holy Spirit also, whom God gave to those obeying him.’Acts 5:33And they having heard, were cut to the heart, and were taking counsel to slay them,Acts 5:34but a certain one, having risen up in the sanhedrim—a Pharisee, by name Gamaliel, a teacher of law honoured by all the people—commanded to put the apostles forth a little,Acts 5:35and said unto them, ‘Men, Israelites, take heed to yourselves about these men, what ye are about to do,Acts 5:36for before these days rose up Theudas, saying, that himself was some one, to whom a number of men did join themselves, as it were four hundred, who was slain, and all, as many as were obeying him, were scattered, and came to nought.Acts 5:37‘After this one rose up, Judas the Galilean, in the days of the enrolment, and drew away much people after him, and that one perished, and all, as many as were obeying him, were scattered;Acts 5:38and now I say to you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone, because if this counsel or this work may be of men, it will be overthrown,Acts 5:39and if it be of God, ye are not able to overthrow it, lest perhaps also ye be found fighting against God.’Acts 5:40And to him they agreed, and having called near the apostles, having beaten them, they commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go;Acts 5:41they, indeed, then, departed from the presence of the sanhedrim, rejoicing that for his name they were counted worthy to suffer dishonour,Acts 5:42every day also in the temple, and in every house, they were not ceasing teaching and proclaiming good news—Jesus the Christ.Acts 6:9and there arose certain of those of the synagogue, called of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia, and Asia, disputing with Stephen,Acts 6:10and they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit with which he was speaking;Acts 6:11then they suborned men, saying—‘We have heard him speaking evil sayings in regard to Moses and God.’Acts 6:12They did stir up also the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and having come upon him, they caught him, and brought him to the sanhedrim;Acts 6:13they set up also false witnesses, saying, ‘This one doth not cease to speak evil sayings against this holy place and the law,Acts 6:14for we have heard him saying, That this Jesus the Nazarean shall overthrow this place, and shall change the customs that Moses delivered to us;’Acts 6:15and gazing at him, all those sitting in the sanhedrim saw his face as it were the face of a messenger.Acts 7:52which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed those who declared before about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye betrayers and murderers have become,Acts 8:1And Saul was assenting to his death, and there came in that day a great persecution upon the assembly in Jerusalem, all also were scattered abroad in the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles;Acts 8:4they then indeed, having been scattered, went abroad proclaiming good news—the word.Acts 9:1And Saul, yet breathing of threatening and slaughter to the disciples of the Lord, having gone to the chief priest,Acts 9:2did ask from him letters to Damascus, unto the synagogues, that if he may find any being of the way, both men and women, he may bring them bound to Jerusalem.Acts 9:3And in the going, he came nigh to Damascus, and suddenly there shone round about him a light from the heaven,Acts 9:4and having fallen upon the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, ‘Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?’Acts 9:5And he said, ‘Who art thou, Lord?’ and the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute; hard for thee at the pricks to kick;’Acts 9:6trembling also, and astonished, he said, ‘Lord, what dost thou wish me to do?’ and the Lord said unto him, ‘Arise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what it behoveth thee to do.’Acts 9:7And the men who are journeying with him stood speechless, hearing indeed the voice but seeing no one,Acts 9:8and Saul arose from the earth, and his eyes having been opened, he beheld no one, and leading him by the hand they brought him to Damascus,Acts 9:9and he was three days without seeing, and he did neither eat nor drink.Acts 9:10And there was a certain disciple in Damascus, by name Ananias, and the Lord said unto him in a vision, ‘Ananias;’ and he said, ‘Behold me, Lord;’Acts 9:11and the Lord saith unto him, ‘Having risen, go on unto the street that is called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas, one by name Saul of Tarsus, for, lo, he doth pray,Acts 9:12and he saw in a vision a man, by name Ananias, coming in, and putting a hand on him, that he may see again.’Acts 9:13And Ananias answered, ‘Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many evils he did to Thy saints in Jerusalem,Acts 9:14and here he hath authority from the chief priests, to bind all those calling on Thy name.’Acts 11:19Those, indeed, therefore, having been scattered abroad, from the tribulation that came after Stephen, went through unto Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none except to Jews only;Acts 11:20and there were certain of them men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who having entered into Antioch, were speaking unto the Hellenists, proclaiming good news—the Lord Jesus,Acts 11:21and the hand of the Lord was with them, a great number also, having believed, did turn unto the Lord.Acts 12:1And about that time, Herod the king put forth his hands, to do evil to certain of those of the assembly,Acts 12:2and he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword,Acts 12:3and having seen that it is pleasing to the Jews, he added to lay hold of Peter also—and they were the days of the unleavened food—Acts 12:4whom also having seized, he did put in prison, having delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him, intending after the passover to bring him forth to the people.Acts 12:5Peter, therefore, indeed, was kept in the prison, and fervent prayer was being made by the assembly unto God for him,