Luke 21:12

New American Bible - revised edition

“Before all this happens, however, they will seize and persecute you, they will hand you over to the synagogues and to prisons, and they will have you led before kings and governors because of my name.

Cross References

Matthew 22:6

The rest laid hold of his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

Matthew 24:8

All these are the beginning of the labor pains.

Luke 21:11

There will be powerful earthquakes, famines, and plagues from place to place; and awesome sights and mighty signs will come from the sky. The Coming Persecution.

John 15:20

Remember the word I spoke to you, ‘No slave is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

John 15:21

And they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.

Acts 22:30

The next day, wishing to determine the truth about why he was being accused by the Jews, he freed him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to convene. Then he brought Paul down and made him stand before them.

Acts 5:40

After recalling the apostles, they had them flogged, ordered them to stop speaking in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them.

Acts 8:3

Saul, meanwhile, was trying to destroy the church; entering house after house and dragging out men and women, he handed them over for imprisonment. Philip in Samaria.

Acts 9:4

He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”

1 Peter 2:13

Be subject to every human institution for the Lord’s sake, whether it be to the king as supreme

Revelation 2:10

Do not be afraid of anything that you are going to suffer. Indeed, the devil will throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will face an ordeal for ten days. Remain faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.