Psalms 141:5

5 aLet a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness;
let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head;
let my head not refuse it.
Yet bmy prayer is continually against their evil deeds.

Hosea 6:5

5Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;
I have slain them cby the words of my mouth,
and my judgment goes forth as the light.

John 16:2

2 dThey will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, ethe hour is coming when fwhoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.

Acts 26:9-10

9 gI myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of hJesus of Nazareth. 10 iAnd I did so in Jerusalem. I not only locked up many of the saints in prison after receiving authority jfrom the chief priests, but kwhen they were put to death I cast my vote against them.

Philippians 3:6

6 las to zeal, ma persecutor of the church; nas to righteousness under the law,
Greek in the law
blameless.

Revelation of John 17:5-6

5And on her forehead was written a name of pmystery: qBabylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth’s abominations.” 6And I saw the woman, drunk rwith the blood of the saints, the blood of sthe martyrs of Jesus.
Greek  the witnesses to Jesus


When I saw her, I marveled greatly.
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