Luke 21:12

Before all these things, Jesus' followers will face arrest and persecution for His name.

Cross-references · 28

• 1 Pet 4:12–14Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.
• Acts 6:12–15So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin,
• Acts 26:2–11“King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,
• Acts 8:3But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
• Matt 23:34–36Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.
• Acts 4:3–7They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.
• Acts 21:30–31The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
• Mark 13:9–13So be on your guard. You will be delivered over to the councils and beaten in the synagogues. On My account you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.
• Acts 12:1–4About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.
• Acts 5:17–19Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out
• Acts 5:40At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.
• Matt 24:9–10Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
• Acts 7:57–60At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.
• Matt 10:16–25Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
• John 16:2–3They 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.
• Acts 22:30The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.
• Acts 16:22–26The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.
• Acts 24:1–9Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.
• Acts 25:22–25Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear this man myself.” “Tomorrow you will hear him,” Festus declared.
• Luke 11:49–51Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’
• 1 Th 2:15–16who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
• Acts 25:11–12If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
• Acts 25:1–2Three days after his arrival in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem,
• Acts 9:4He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”
• 1 Pet 2:13Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,
• John 15:20Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.
• Matt 22:6The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
• Rev 2:10Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

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