Bible Verses About Persecution

waiting to catch Him in something He might say.

But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.”

But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’

Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.

So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor.

But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.

and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death; for they feared the people.

Then Satan entered Judas Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve.

And Judas went to discuss with the chief priests and temple officers how he might betray Jesus to them.

They were delighted and agreed to give him money.

Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple officers, and elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against an outlaw?

Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on Me. But this hour belongs to you and to the power of darkness.”

The men who were holding Jesus began to mock Him and beat Him.

They blindfolded Him and kept demanding, “Prophesy! Who hit You?”

And they said many other blasphemous things against Him.

And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.

But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified. And their clamor prevailed.

Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.

After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.

The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.

Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”

“You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”

So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.