Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.
Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner wh
We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel befo
Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others
Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (
Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others
Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the ci
He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
Therefore I inform you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Je
Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a
At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak
By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each on
Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the brothers.
They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a yo
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Ju
Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.
This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”
Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compas
‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in
They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatsk
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who
and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophe
Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high prie
hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full c