Bible Cross References
beware
Micah 7:5
Don't believe your neighbor or trust your friend. Be careful what you say even to your husband or wife.
Mark 13:9
"You yourselves must watch out. You will be arrested and taken to court. You will be beaten in the synagogues; you will stand before rulers and kings for my sake to tell them the Good News.
Mark 13:12
Men will hand over their own brothers to be put to death, and fathers will do the same to their children. Children will turn against their parents and have them put to death.
Acts 14:5
Then some Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, decided to mistreat the apostles and stone them.
Acts 14:6
When the apostles learned about it, they fled to the cities of Lystra and Derbe in Lycaonia and to the surrounding territory.
Acts 17:14
At once the believers sent Paul away to the coast; but both Silas and Timothy stayed in Berea.
Acts 23:12-22
12
The next morning some Jews met together and made a plan. They took a vow that they would not eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.
13
There were more than forty who planned this together.
14
Then they went to the chief priests and elders and said, "We have taken a solemn vow together not to eat a thing until we have killed Paul.
15
Now then, you and the Council send word to the Roman commander to bring Paul down to you, pretending that you want to get more accurate information about him. But we will be ready to kill him before he ever gets here."
16
But the son of Paul's sister heard about the plot; so he went to the fort and told Paul.
17
Then Paul called one of the officers and said to him, "Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him."
18
The officer took him, led him to the commander, and said, "The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, because he has something to say to you."
19
The commander took him by the hand, led him off by himself, and asked him, "What do you have to tell me?"
20
He said, "The Jewish authorities have agreed to ask you tomorrow to take Paul down to the Council, pretending that the Council wants to get more accurate information about him.
21
But don't listen to them, because there are more than forty men who will be hiding and waiting for him. They have taken a vow not to eat or drink until they have killed him. They are now ready to do it and are waiting for your decision."
22
The commander said, "Don't tell anyone that you have reported this to me." And he sent the young man away.
2 Corinthians 11:24-26
24
Five times I was given the thirty-nine lashes by the Jews;
25
three times I was whipped by the Romans; and once I was stoned. I have been in three shipwrecks, and once I spent twenty-four hours in the water.
26
In my many travels I have been in danger from floods and from robbers, in danger from my own people and from Gentiles; there have been dangers in the cities, dangers in the wilds, dangers on the high seas, and dangers from false friends.
Philippians 3:2
Watch out for those who do evil things, those dogs, those who insist on cutting the body.
2 Timothy 4:15
Be on your guard against him yourself, because he was violently opposed to our message.
for
Matthew 24:9
"Then you will be arrested and handed over to be punished and be put to death. Everyone will hate you because of me.
Matthew 24:10
Many will give up their faith at that time; they will betray one another and hate one another.
Mark 13:9
"You yourselves must watch out. You will be arrested and taken to court. You will be beaten in the synagogues; you will stand before rulers and kings for my sake to tell them the Good News.
Luke 12:11
"When they bring you to be tried in the synagogues or before governors or rulers, do not be worried about how you will defend yourself or what you will say.
Luke 21:12
Before all these things take place, however, you will be arrested and persecuted; you will be handed over to be tried in synagogues and be put in prison; you will be brought before kings and rulers for my sake.
Luke 21:13
This will be your chance to tell the Good News.
John 16:2
You will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time will come when those who kill you will think that by doing this they are serving God.
Acts 4:6-22
6
They met with the High Priest Annas and with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and the others who belonged to the High Priest's family.
7
They made the apostles stand before them and asked them, "How did you do this? What power do you have or whose name did you use?"
8
Peter, full of the Holy Spirit, answered them, "Leaders of the people and elders:
9
if we are being questioned today about the good deed done to the lame man and how he was healed,
10
then you should all know, and all the people of Israel should know, that this man stands here before you completely well through the power of the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth---whom you crucified and whom God raised from death.
11
Jesus is the one of whom the scripture says, 'The stone that you the builders despised turned out to be the most important of all.'
12
Salvation is to be found through him alone; in all the world there is no one else whom God has given who can save us."
13
The members of the Council were amazed to see how bold Peter and John were and to learn that they were ordinary men of no education. They realized then that they had been companions of Jesus.
14
But there was nothing that they could say, because they saw the man who had been healed standing there with Peter and John.
15
So they told them to leave the Council room, and then they started discussing among themselves.
16
"What shall we do with these men?" they asked. "Everyone in Jerusalem knows that this extraordinary miracle has been performed by them, and we cannot deny it.
17
But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn these men never again to speak to anyone in the name of Jesus."
18
So they called them back in and told them that under no condition were they to speak or to teach in the name of Jesus.
19
But Peter and John answered them, "You yourselves judge which is right in God's sight---to obey you or to obey God.
20
For we cannot stop speaking of what we ourselves have seen and heard."
21
So the Council warned them even more strongly and then set them free. They saw that it was impossible to punish them, because the people were all praising God for what had happened.
22
The man on whom this miracle of healing had been performed was over forty years old.
Acts 5:26-42
26
So the officer went off with his men and brought the apostles back. They did not use force, however, because they were afraid that the people might stone them.
27
They brought the apostles in, made them stand before the Council, and the High Priest questioned them.
28
"We gave you strict orders not to teach in the name of this man," he said; "but see what you have done! You have spread your teaching all over Jerusalem, and you want to make us responsible for his death!"
29
Peter and the other apostles answered, "We must obey God, not men.
30
The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from death, after you had killed him by nailing him to a cross.
31
God raised him to his right side as Leader and Savior, to give the people of Israel the opportunity to repent and have their sins forgiven.
32
We are witnesses to these things---we and the Holy Spirit, who is God's gift to those who obey him."
33
When the members of the Council heard this, they were so furious that they wanted to have the apostles put to death.
34
But one of them, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, who was a teacher of the Law and was highly respected by all the people, stood up in the Council. He ordered the apostles to be taken out for a while,
35
and then he said to the Council, "Fellow Israelites, be careful what you do to these men.
36
You remember that Theudas appeared some time ago, claiming to be somebody great, and about four hundred men joined him. But he was killed, all his followers were scattered, and his movement died out.
37
After that, Judas the Galilean appeared during the time of the census; he drew a crowd after him, but he also was killed, and all his followers were scattered.
38
And so in this case, I tell you, do not take any action against these men. Leave them alone! If what they have planned and done is of human origin, it will disappear,
39
but if it comes from God, you cannot possibly defeat them. You could find yourselves fighting against God!" The Council followed Gamaliel's advice.
40
They called the apostles in, had them whipped, and ordered them never again to speak in the name of Jesus; and then they set them free.
41
As the apostles left the Council, they were happy, because God had considered them worthy to suffer disgrace for the sake of Jesus.
42
And every day in the Temple and in people's homes they continued to teach and preach the Good News about Jesus the Messiah.
Acts 23:1-11
1
Paul looked straight at the Council and said, "My fellow Israelites! My conscience is perfectly clear about the way in which I have lived before God to this very day."
2
The High Priest Ananias ordered those who were standing close to Paul to strike him on the mouth.
3
Paul said to him, "God will certainly strike you---you whitewashed wall! You sit there to judge me according to the Law, yet you break the Law by ordering them to strike me!"
4
The men close to Paul said to him, "You are insulting God's High Priest!"
5
Paul answered, "My fellow Israelites, I did not know that he was the High Priest. The scripture says, 'You must not speak evil of the ruler of your people.' "
6
When Paul saw that some of the group were Sadducees and the others were Pharisees, he called out in the Council, "Fellow Israelites! I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees. I am on trial here because of the hope I have that the dead will rise to life!"
7
As soon as he said this, the Pharisees and Sadducees started to quarrel, and the group was divided.
8
(For the Sadducees say that people will not rise from death and that there are no angels or spirits; but the Pharisees believe in all three.)
9
The shouting became louder, and some of the teachers of the Law who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and protested strongly: "We cannot find a thing wrong with this man! Perhaps a spirit or an angel really did speak to him!"
10
The argument became so violent that the commander was afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces. So he ordered his soldiers to go down into the group, get Paul away from them, and take him into the fort.
11
That night the Lord stood by Paul and said, "Don't be afraid! You have given your witness for me here in Jerusalem, and you must also do the same in Rome."
councils
Matthew 5:22
But now I tell you: if you are angry with your brother you will be brought to trial, if you call your brother 'You good-for-nothing!' you will be brought before the Council, and if you call your brother a worthless fool you will be in danger of going to the fire of hell.
Matthew 26:59
The chief priests and the whole Council tried to find some false evidence against Jesus to put him to death;
John 11:47
So the Pharisees and the chief priests met with the Council and said, "What shall we do? Look at all the miracles this man is performing!
scourge
Matthew 20:19
and then hand him over to the Gentiles, who will make fun of him, whip him, and crucify him; but three days later he will be raised to life."
Matthew 23:34
And so I tell you that I will send you prophets and wise men and teachers; you will kill some of them, crucify others, and whip others in the synagogues and chase them from town to town.
Deuteronomy 25:2
If the guilty one is sentenced to be beaten, the judge is to make him lie face downward and have him whipped. The number of lashes will depend on the crime he has committed.
Deuteronomy 25:3
He may be given as many as forty lashes, but no more; more than that would humiliate him publicly.
Acts 5:40
They called the apostles in, had them whipped, and ordered them never again to speak in the name of Jesus; and then they set them free.
Acts 22:19
'Lord,' I answered, 'they know very well that I went to the synagogues and arrested and beat those who believe in you.
Acts 26:11
Many times I had them punished in the synagogues and tried to make them deny their faith. I was so furious with them that I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.
2 Corinthians 11:24
Five times I was given the thirty-nine lashes by the Jews;
2 Corinthians 11:25
three times I was whipped by the Romans; and once I was stoned. I have been in three shipwrecks, and once I spent twenty-four hours in the water.
Hebrews 11:36
Some were mocked and whipped, and others were put in chains and taken off to prison.