Mat 10:17-20, 23:34, Mar 13:9-11, Luk 21:12-14, Act 4:5-7, 5:27-32, 6:9-15 | ESV | STEP | Beware of men , for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues ,

17 Beware of men, for ^athey will deliver you over to courts and flog you ^bin their synagogues, 18 ^cand you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, ^dto bear witness before them and the Gentiles. 19 ^eWhen ^fthey deliver you over, ^gdo not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for ^hwhat you are to say will be given to you in that hour. 20 ⁱFor it is not you who speak, but ^jthe Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Matthew 23:34

34 ^kTherefore ^lI send you ^mprophets and wise men and ⁿscribes, ^osome of whom you will kill and crucify, and ^psome you will ^qflog in your synagogues and ^rpersecute from town to town,

Mark 13:9-11

9 ^s“But ^tbe on your guard. For they will deliver you over to councils, and you will be beaten ^uin synagogues, and you will stand before ^vgovernors and ^wkings for my sake, ^xto bear witness before them. 10 And the gospel must first be proclaimed ^yto all nations. 11 And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, ^zdo not be anxious beforehand what you are to say, but say ^aawhatever is given you in that hour, ^abfor it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

Luke 21:12-14

12 But before all this ^acthey will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to ^adthe synagogues and ^aeprisons, and you ^afwill be brought before ^agkings and ^ahgovernors for my name’s sake. 13 ^aiThis will be your opportunity to bear witness. 14 Settle it therefore in your minds ^ajnot to meditate beforehand how to answer,

Acts 4:5-7

5 On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem, 6 with ^akAnnas the high priest and ^alCaiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family. 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, ^am“By what power or ^anby what name did you do this?”

Acts 5:27-32

27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them, 28 saying, ^ao“We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you ^apintend to bring this man’s blood upon us.” 29 But Peter and the apostles answered, ^aq“We must obey God rather than men. 30 ^arThe God of our fathers ^asraised Jesus, ^atwhom you killed by hanging him on ^aua tree. 31 God exalted ^avhim at his right hand as ^awLeader and ^axSavior, ^ayto give ^azrepentance to Israel and ^baforgiveness of sins. 32 And ^bbwe are witnesses to these things, and ^bcso is the Holy Spirit, ^bdwhom God has given to those who obey him.”

Acts 6:9-15

9 Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and disputed with Stephen. 10 But ^bethey could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking. 11 Then ^bfthey secretly instigated men who said, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” 12 And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came upon him and seized him and brought him before the council, 13 and they ^bgset up false ^bhwitnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against ^bithis holy place and the law, 14 for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth ^bjwill destroy this place and will ^bkchange ^blthe customs that Moses delivered to us.” 15 And gazing at him, all who sat in the council saw that his face ^bmwas like the face of an angel.