Bible Verses About Persecution

Lying in wait for him and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.

And I have a baptism wherewith I am to be baptized. And how am I straitened until it be accomplished?

The same day, there came some of the Pharisees, saying to him: Depart, and get thee hence, for Herod hath a mind to kill thee.

But his citizens hated him and they sent an embassage after him, saying: We will not have this man to reign over us.

And he was teaching daily in the temple. And the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people sought to destroy him.

And being upon the watch, they sent spies, who should feign themselves just, that they might take hold of him in his words, that they might deliver him up to the authority and power of the governor.

But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and into prisons, dragging you before kings and governors, for my name's sake.

And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put Jesus to death: but they feared the people.

And Satan entered into Judas, who was surnamed Iscariot, one of the twelve.

And he went and discoursed with the chief priests and the magistrates, how he might betray him to them.

And they were glad and covenanted to give him money.

And Jesus said to the chief priests and magistrates of the temple and the ancients, that were come unto him: Are ye come out, as it were against a thief, with swords and clubs?

When I was daily with you in the temple, you did not stretch forth your hands against me: but this is your hour and the power of darkness.

And the men that held him mocked him and struck him.

And they blindfolded him and smote his face. And they asked him saying: Prophesy: Who is it that struck thee?

And blaspheming, many other things they said against him.

And Herod with his army set him at nought and mocked him, putting on him a white garment: and sent him back to Pilate.

But they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And their voices prevailed.

Therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.

After these things, Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

The world cannot hate you: but me it hateth, because I give testimony of it, that the works thereof are evil,

Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law?

Why seek you to kill me? The multitude answered and said: Thou hast a devil. Who seeketh to kill thee?

They sought therefore to apprehend him: and no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

The Pharisees heard the people murmuring these things concerning him: and the rulers and Pharisees sent ministers to apprehend him.