Bible Verses About Paul: Persecutions endured by

“But God has raised him up and freed him from the suffering of death; it was impossible that death could keep its hold on him.

For I myself will show him how much he will have to suffer on account of my name.”

Quite some time later, the non-believing Jews gathered together and made plans to kill him;

but their plot became known to Sha’ul. They were watching the gates day and night in order to do away with him;

but under cover of night, his talmidim took him and let him down over the city wall, lowering him in a large basket.

He talked and debated with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they began making attempts to kill him.

But when her owners saw that what had come out was any further prospect of profit for them, they seized Sha’ul and Sila and dragged them to the market square to face the authorities.

Bringing them to the judges, they said, “These men are causing a lot of trouble in our city, since they are Jews.

What they are doing is advocating customs that are against the law for us to accept or practice, since we are Romans.”

The mob joined in the attack against them, and the judges tore their clothes off them and ordered that they be flogged.

After giving them a severe beating, they threw them in prison, charging the jailer to guard them securely.

Upon receiving such an order, he threw them into the inner cell and clamped their feet securely between heavy blocks of wood.

Around midnight, Sha’ul and Sila were praying and singing hymns to God, while the other prisoners listened attentively.

“And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Yerushalayim. I don’t know what will happen to me there,

other than that in every city the Ruach HaKodesh keeps warning me that imprisonment and persecution await me.

But I consider my own life of no importance to me whatsoever, as long as I can finish the course ahead of me, the task I received from the Lord Yeshua — to declare in depth the Good News of God’s love and kindness.

but Sha’ul answered, “What are you doing, crying and trying to weaken my resolve? I am prepared not only to be tied up, but even to die in Yerushalayim for the name of the Lord Yeshua.”

The seven days were almost up when some unbelieving Jews from the province of Asia saw him in the Temple, stirred up all the crowd and grabbed him.

“Men of Isra’el, help!” they shouted. “This is the man who goes everywhere teaching everyone things against the people, against the Torah and against this place! And now he has even brought some Goyim into the Temple and defiled this holy place!”

(They had previously seen Trophimus from Ephesus in the city with him and assumed that Sha’ul had brought him into the Temple.)

The whole city was aroused, and people came running from all over. They seized Sha’ul and dragged him out of the Temple, and at once the gates were shut.

But while they were attempting to kill him, word reached the commander of the Roman battalion that all Yerushalayim was in turmoil.

Immediately he took officers and soldiers and charged down upon them. As soon as they saw the commander, they quit beating Sha’ul.

Then the commander came up, arrested him and ordered him to be tied up with two chains. He asked who he was and what he had done.

They had been listening to him up to this point; but now they shouted at the top of their lungs, “Rid the earth of such a man! He’s not fit to live!”