Matthew 10:17

Persecution Of Disciples Predicted

¹⁶ "Pay attention, now! I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as cunning as serpents and as innocent as doves. ¹⁷ Watch out for people who will hand you over to the local councils and whip you in their synagogues. ¹⁸ You will be brought before governors and kings because of me, to testify to them and to unbelievers.

Be on Your Guard

O God

Sanhedrin

Mark 13:9

"As for yourselves, be on your guard! People will hand you over to local councils, and you will be beaten in their synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings to testify to them because of me.

Matthew 23:34

"That is why I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will whip in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you, anyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be subject to punishment. And whoever says to his brother "Raka!' will be subject to the Council. And whoever says, "You fool!' will be subject to hell fire.

Luke 12:11

When people bring you before synagogue leaders, rulers, or authorities, don't worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say,

Acts 26:11

I would even punish them frequently in every synagogue and try to make them blaspheme. Raging furiously against them, I would hunt them down even in distant cities.

Acts 22:19

"I said, "Lord, they themselves know that in every synagogue I kept imprisoning and beating those who believe in you.

Deuteronomy 25:2-3

If the guilty person deserves a beating, the judge will make him lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of lashes fit for his crime.

Micah 7:5

Don't trust your friends, don't confide in a companion, watch what you say to your wife.

Matthew 20:19

Then they will hand him over to unbelievers to be mocked, whipped, and crucified, but on the third day he will be raised."

Matthew 24:9-10

"Then they'll hand you over to suffer and will kill you, and you'll be hated by all the nations because of my name.

Matthew 26:59

Meanwhile, the high priests and the whole Council were looking for false testimony against Jesus in order to have him put to death.

Mark 13:12

Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.

Luke 21:12-13

"But before all these things take place, people will arrest you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.

John 11:47

So the high priests and the Pharisees assembled the Council and said, "What are we going to do? This man is performing many signs.

John 16:2

You'll be thrown out of the synagogues. Yes, a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he's serving God.

Acts 4:6-22

with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and the rest of the high priest's family.

Acts 5:26-42

So the commander of the Temple guards went with his men to bring them back without force, because they were afraid of being stoned to death by the people.

Acts 14:5-6

Now when an attempt was made by both gentiles and Jews, along with their authorities, to mistreat and stone them,

Acts 17:14

Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed there.

Acts 23:1-22

Paul looked straight at the Council and said, "Brothers, with a clear conscience I have done my duty before God up to this very day."

2 Corinthians 11:24-26

Five times I received from the Jews 40 lashes minus one.

Philippians 3:2

Beware of the dogs! Beware of the evil workers! Beware of the mutilators!

2 Timothy 4:15

You, too, must watch out for him, for he violently opposed our message.

Hebrews 11:36

Still others endured taunts and floggings, and even chains and imprisonment.