Matthew 24:9

Disciples will be handed over to persecution, killed, and hated by all nations for Christ's name. It forewarns believers of suffering for their allegiance to Jesus.

Cross-references · 22

• John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.
• John 15:19–20If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
• Luke 21:16–17You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death.
• Rev 2:10Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.
• Matt 10:17–22But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.
• Luke 21:12But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake.
• Mark 13:9–13But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.
• Rev 6:9–11When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had.
• Rev 7:14I told him, “My lord, you know.” He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb’s blood.
• 1 Pet 4:16But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.
• Acts 5:40–41They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
• 1 Th 2:14–16For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews;
• Acts 4:2–3being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
• Acts 21:31–32As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
• Acts 7:59They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
• Luke 11:49Therefore also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,
• Matt 23:34Therefore behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;
• Rev 2:13“I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn’t deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
• Acts 28:22But we desire to hear from you what you think. For, as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.”
• Acts 22:19–22I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.
• Matt 22:6and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.
• Acts 12:1–5Now about that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly.

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