Mat 10:16-17, Joh 16:2, Act 5:40, 7:51-52, 58-59, 9:1-2, 12:2, 14:19 | ESV | STEP | Behold , I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves , so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves .

Matthew 10:16-17

Persecution Will Come

16 ^a“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be ^bwise as serpents and ^cinnocent as doves. 17 Beware of men, for ^dthey will deliver you over to courts and flog you ^ein their synagogues,

John 16:2

2 ^fThey will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, ^gthe hour is coming when ^hwhoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.

Acts 5:40

40 and ⁱwhen they had called in the apostles, ^jthey beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

Acts 7:51-52

51 ^k“You stiff-necked people, ^luncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. ^mAs your fathers did, so do you. 52 ⁿWhich of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of ^othe Righteous One, ^pwhom you have now betrayed and murdered,

Acts 7:58-59

58 Then ^qthey cast him out of the city and ^rstoned him. And ^sthe witnesses laid down their garments ^tat the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And as they were stoning Stephen, ^uhe called out, “Lord Jesus, ^vreceive my spirit.”

Acts 9:1-2

The Conversion of Saul

1 But Saul, ^wstill ^xbreathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to ^ythe high priest 2 and asked him for letters ^zto the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to ^aathe Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

Acts 12:2

2 He killed ^abJames the brother of John ^acwith the sword,

Acts 14:19

Paul Stoned at Lystra

19 ^adBut Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, ^aethey stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.