2Ch 36:15-16, Act 12:2, 22:19, 2Cor 11:24-25 | ESV | STEP | The Lord , the God of their fathers , sent persistently to them by his messengers , because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place .

2 Chronicles 36:15-16

15 The Lord, the God of their fathers, ^asent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. 16 ^bBut they kept mocking the messengers of God, ^cdespising his words and scoffing at his prophets, ^duntil the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy.

Acts 12:2

2 He killed ^eJames the brother of John ^fwith the sword,

Acts 22:19

19 And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that in one synagogue after another ^gI imprisoned and ^hbeat those who believed in you.

2 Corinthians 11:24-25

24 Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the ⁱforty lashes less one. 25 Three times I was ^jbeaten with rods. ^kOnce I was stoned. Three times I ^lwas shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea;