Luke 21:13

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This will be a time for you to bear testimony.

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and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear omen to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God.

I want you to know, brethren, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel,

This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be made worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering—

And from that moment he sought an opportunity to betray him.