Matthew 24:9
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Persecutions Foretold
9 “Then they will hand you over to be tortured and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.(A)
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John 16:2
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2 They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, an hour is coming when those who kill you will think that by doing so they are offering worship to God.(A)
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Hebrews 11:36-38
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36 Others suffered mocking and flogging and even chains and imprisonment.(A) 37 They were stoned to death; they were sawn in two;[a] they were killed by the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, persecuted, tormented(B)— 38 of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains and in caves and holes in the ground.(C)
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- 11.37 Other ancient authorities add they were tempted
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