Luke 21:12

The Passion Translation

And because you follow me, you will be on trial before kings and governmental leaders as an opportunity to testify to them in my name.

Cross References

Matthew 22:6

And the rest seized the king’s messengers and shamefully mistreated them, and even killed them.

Matthew 24:8

This is how the birth pains of the new age will begin!”

Luke 21:11

There will be terrible earthquakes and seismic events of epic proportion that result in famines in one place after another. There will be horrible plagues and epidemics, cataclysmic storms on the earth, and astonishing signs and cosmic disturbances in the heavens. But before all of this happens, you will be hunted down and arrested, persecuted by both civil and religious authorities, and thrown into prison.

John 15:20

So remember what I taught you, that a servant isn’t superior to his master. And since they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. And if they obey my teachings, they will also obey yours.

John 15:21

They will treat you this way because you are mine, and they don’t know the One who sent me.

Acts 22:30

The next day the commander ordered that the high priest and the supreme Jewish council be convened, because he wanted to find out exactly why the Jews were accusing Paul. So he had him untied and brought out to stand before them all.

Acts 5:40

So they brought the apostles back in and had them severely beaten. They ordered them never again to speak in the name of Jesus and then let them go.

Acts 8:3

Then Saul mercilessly persecuted the church of God, going from house to house into the homes of believers to arrest both men and women and drag them off to prison.

Acts 9:4

Falling to the ground, he heard a booming voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”

1 Peter 2:13

In order to honor the Lord, you must respect and defer to the authority of every human institution, whether it be the highest ruler

Revelation 2:10

Do not yield to fear in the face of the suffering to come but be aware of this: the devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison to test your faith. For ten days you will have distress but remain faithful to the day you die, and I will give you the victor’s crown of life.