And so that your heart does not faint, and you fear for the rumor that shall be heard in the land; a rumor shall come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumor, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
And the officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return to his house, so that his brethren’s heart does not faint as well as his heart.
I know your works, and where you dwell, even where Satan’s throne is: and you hold fast my name, and have not denied my faith, even in those days when Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwells.
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any part of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.