Bible Verses About Persecution

I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you.

But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.

The Jews answered and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?

The Jews said unto him, Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my word, he shall never taste of death.

They took up stones therefore to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.

And many of them said, He hath a demon, and is mad; why hear ye him?

The Jews took up stones again to stone him.

They sought again to take him: and he went forth out of their hand.

Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment, that, if any man knew where he was, he should show it, that they might take him.

I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world cometh: and he hath nothing in me;

If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you.

Remember the word that I said unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.

If I had not done among them the works which none other did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

But this cometh to pass, that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

And these things will they do, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

And when he had said this, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?

Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?

Pilate therefore went out unto them, and saith, What accusation bring ye against this man?

They answered and said unto him, If this man were not an evil-doer, we should not have delivered him up unto thee.

him, being delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye by the hand of lawless men did crucify and slay:

The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Servant Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied before the face of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.

But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted unto you,

and killed the Prince of life; whom God raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

And they laid hands on them, and put them in ward unto the morrow: for it was now eventide.