Luke 21:12 Cross References - Thomson

¹² But before all these events they will lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, to be led before kings and governors on account of my name.

¹⁶ Behold I send you forth like sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore wise as the serpents and harmless as the doves. ¹⁷ And be upon your guard against these men, for they will deliver you up to councils and scourge you in their synagogues; ¹⁸ and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and the nations. ¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what you shall speak: for what you are to speak will be suggested to you at the very instant. ²⁰ For it is not you who speak, but the spirit of your father that speaketh in you. ²¹ Now brother will deliver up brother to death; and a father, a son; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. ²² And you will be hated by all men on the account of my name. But he who persevereth to the end shall be saved. ²³ Now when they persecute you in one city, flee to another. For, verily I say to you, before you shall have gone through all the cities of Israel, the son of man will come. ²⁴ The scholar is not greater than the teacher; nor the servant, than the master. ²⁵ It is enough for the scholar to be as his teacher; and the servant, as his master. If they have called the master of the family Beelzebub, how much more, his domestics.

⁶ and the rest seized his servants, insulted, and slew them.

³⁴ For this, behold I am about to send you prophets, wise men and Scribes: and some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city; ³⁵ that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth; from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. ³⁶ Verily I say to you, All these things will come upon this generation.

⁹ Then they will deliver you up to affliction and put you to death; and you will be hated by all nations on the account of my name. ¹⁰ And many will then be stumbled and will deliver up one another and hate one another.

⁹ Now look to yourselves. For they will deliver you up to councils and synagogues. You will be scourged and brought before governors and kings, for my sake, to bear testimony to them. ¹⁰ For the glad tidings must be first proclaimed to all the nations. ¹¹ But when they bring you to deliver you up, be not solicitous beforehand what to say; nor premeditate; but whatever shall be suggested to you on the occasion, speak that: for it is not you, who speak; but the Holy Spirit. ¹² Now brother will deliver up brother to death: and a father, a son: and children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death: ¹³ and you will be hated by all men on account of my name. But he who persevereth to the end shall be saved.

⁴⁹ on this account indeed said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill, and others they will persecute, ⁵⁰ that the blood of all the prophets, which hath been shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation. ⁵¹ from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias who was slain between the altar and the temple: Verily I say to you, it will be required of this very generation.

²⁰ Remember the word which I spake to you. The servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they have kept my word, they will also keep yours.

² They will excommunicate you. Indeed a time is coming, when whosoever killeth you will think he doth an act of religious worship to God. ³ And these things they will do to you because they know neither the Father nor me.

³ and laid hands on them, and put them in prison till the next day. For it was now evening. ⁴ But many of those who heard the word believed. And the number of the men became about five thousand. ⁵ And on the morrow their rulers, and elders, and Scribes at Jerusalem assembled, ⁶ with Annas the chief priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the pontifical family; ⁷ and having set them in the midst, they asked by what power, or by what name, have you done this?

¹⁷ the chief priest rising up, and all his party; the sect of the Sadducees, they were filled with zeal, ¹⁸ and laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison. ¹⁹ But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison; and having brought them out said,

⁴⁰ So to him they agreed: and having called in the apostles and scourged them, they charged them not to speak about the name of Jesus and dismissed them.

¹² And having stirred up the people and the elders and the Scribes, they came upon him and seized him, and brought him to the Sanhedrim, ¹³ and set up false witnesses, who said, This man is incessantly speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law; ¹⁴ for we heard him saying that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses delivered to us. ¹⁵ And all who sat in the Sanhedrim, looking stedfastly at him, beheld his countenance, like the countenance of an angel.

⁵⁷ At which they screamed aloud, and stopped their ears and rushed upon him with one accord. ⁵⁸ And having driven him out of the city they stoned him. And the witnesses laid their mantles at the feet of a young man named Saul, ⁵⁹ and stoned Stephen, invoking and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. ⁶⁰ Then he kneeled down and cried out with a loud voice, O! Lord, charge not this sin to their account; and having said this he fell asleep.

³ Saul was making havock of the congregation. Entering into houses and dragging out men and women, he committed them to prison.

⁴ And having fallen on the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, Why persecutes! thou me?"

¹ Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to afflict some of the congregation, ² and slew with the sword James the brother of John. ³ And as he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded to apprehend Peter also. ⁴ But as this was during the days of unleavened bread, when he had apprehended him he put him in prison, committing him to the custody of four quaternions of soldiers, intending to bring him out to the people after the passover.

²² Upon this the populace rose up together against them; and the generals ordered them to be stript and beaten with rods. ²³ And having inflicted on them many stripe's, they committed them to prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely. ²⁴ He having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks. ²⁵ And about midnight Paul and Silas, having prayed, sung a hymn to God; and the prisoners heard them. ²⁶ And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken, and all the doors were instantly opened,

³⁰ Upon this the whole city was moved, and there was a concourse of the people; and laying hold on Paul they dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the gates were shut. ³¹ And while they were seeking to kill him, a report came to the commander of the cohort that all Jerusalem Was in commotion.

³⁰ And on the next morning, as he was desirous to know certainly what it was of which he was accused by the Jews, he loosed him from the chains and ordered the chief priests and their whole Sanhedrim to meet; and having brought Paul down he set him before them.

¹ And after five days the chief priest, Ananias, came down with the elders and one Tertullus, an orator, and laid before the general an accusation against Paul. ² And he being called up, Tertullus began the accusation, saying, As we enjoy great peace by thy means, and from thy prudent administration great benefits result to this nation, ³ we on all occasions and every where acknowledge this, most excellent Felix, with all gratitude. ⁴ But that I may not further trouble thee, I beseech thee to hear us in brief with thy usual indulgence. ⁵ For having found this man to be a pest and a mover of sedition, among all the Jews, through the whole empire, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes, ⁶ and who attempted to profane even the temple, we apprehended him, and would have judged him according to our law; ⁷ but Lysias the commander coming with a strong force, took him out of our hands ⁸ and ordered his accusers to come to thee. By examining the man himself thou canst gain a full knowledge of all these things of which we accuse him. ⁹ And the Jews gave assent, affirming that these things were so.

¹ Therefore when Festus came to the government and three days after went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem, ² the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews laid before him an information against Paul

¹¹ If indeed I am guilty, or have committed any capital crime, I do not deprecate death: but if the charges which they bring against me be groundless, no man can give me up to gratify them. I appeal to Caesar. ¹² Then Festus, having conferred with his council, replied, Thou hast appealed to Caesar. To Caesar thou shall go.

²² Upon which Agrippa said to Festus, I could wish myself to hear the man. Tomorrow then, said he, thou shalt hear him. ²³ On the morrow therefore, when Agrippa and Bernice were come with a numerous splendid retinue and had entered the hall of audience, with the commanders of cohorts and the principal men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought. ²⁴ And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all you who are here present with us, You see this man, about whom the whole body of the Jews have made application to me, both at Jerusalem and in this place, crying out that he ought not to live any longer. ²⁵ But as for me, finding that he had done nothing which deserved death, and he himself having appealed to the Emperor, I have determined to send him.

² Touching all the things of which I am accused by the Jews, I think myself happy, O king Agrippa, that I am this day to make my defence before thee, ³ specially skilled as thou art in all the Jewish customs and controversies; therefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently. ⁴ My course of life; that from my youth; that which from the beginning was led among my own nation at Jerusalem, is known to all the Jews. ⁵ They have a prior knowledge of me from an early period, if they would testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. ⁶ And now I stand arraigned for a hope of the promise which God made to our fathers, ⁷ and which our twelve tribes, by their continual services night and day, hope to obtain: for which hope, O king Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews. ⁸ It is deemed among you somewhat incredible that God raiseth the dead; ⁹ as for me I indeed myself thought that I ought to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Nazarene. ¹⁰ And this I did at Jerusalem: and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received this authority from the chief priests. And when they were put to death, I gave assent. ¹¹ And in all the synagogues many a time did I, by torments, urge them to blaspheme. And being transported to madness against them, I pursued them even to foreign cities.

¹⁵ [from those indeed who slew the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and persecuted us, and who please not God, and are in opposition to all men, ¹⁶ hindering us from speaking to the nations that they may be saved; thus, filling up the measure of their sins continually: but the wrath is at last coming upon them,]

¹³ Be subject therefore to every human establishment for the Lord's sake, whether to a king as supreme,

¹² Beloved, be not surprized at the fiery trial among you, which is come upon you to try you, as if some strange thing had befallen you: ¹³ but inasmuch as you partake of the sufferings of the Christ, rejoice; that at the manifestation of his glory you may indeed rejoice with exceeding great joy. 14 If you are reproached for the name of Christ you are happy; because the spirit of the glory, even the spirit of God resteth on you. On their part indeed it is reviled, but on your part it is glorified.

¹⁰ Be not terrified at what thou art about to suffer. Behold the devil will soon cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried; and ye will have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.