Matthew 24:9 Cross References

Matthew 24:9

9: "Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because of your allegiance to me.

For you will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are doing God a service.

The world would love you if you belonged to it, but you don't. I chose you to come out of the world, and so it hates you.
Do you remember what I told you? 'A servant is not greater than the master.' Since they persecuted me, naturally they will persecute you. And if they had listened to me, they would listen to you!

Don't be afraid of what you are about to suffer. The Devil will throw some of you into prison and put you to the test. You will be persecuted for 'ten days.' Remain faithful even when facing death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Even those closest to you--your parents, brothers, relatives, and friends--will betray you. And some of you will be killed.
And everyone will hate you because of your allegiance to me.

But when these things begin to happen, watch out! You will be handed over to the courts and beaten in the synagogues. You will be accused before governors and kings of being my followers. This will be your opportunity to tell them about me.
And the Good News must first be preached to every nation.
But when you are arrested and stand trial, don't worry about what to say in your defense. Just say what God tells you to. Then it is not you who will be speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
"Brother will betray brother to death, fathers will betray their own children, and children will rise against their parents and cause them to be killed.
And everyone will hate you because of your allegiance to me. But those who endure to the end will be saved.

"But before all this occurs, there will be a time of great persecution. You will be dragged into synagogues and prisons, and you will be accused before kings and governors of being my followers.

But beware! For you will be handed over to the courts and beaten in the synagogues.
And you must stand trial before governors and kings because you are my followers. This will be your opportunity to tell them about me--yes, to witness to the world.
When you are arrested, don't worry about what to say in your defense, because you will be given the right words at the right time.
For it won't be you doing the talking--it will be the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
"Brother will betray brother to death, fathers will betray their own children, and children will rise against their parents and cause them to be killed.

And when the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of all who had been martyred for the word of God and for being faithful in their witness.
They called loudly to the Lord and said, "O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long will it be before you judge the people who belong to this world for what they have done to us? When will you avenge our blood against these people?"
Then a white robe was given to each of them. And they were told to rest a little longer until the full number of their brothers and sisters--their fellow servants of Jesus--had been martyred.

And I said to him, "Sir, you are the one who knows." Then he said to me, "These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb and made them white.

The council accepted his advice. They called in the apostles and had them flogged. Then they ordered them never again to speak in the name of Jesus, and they let them go.
The apostles left the high council rejoicing that God had counted them worthy to suffer dishonor for the name of Jesus.

But it is no shame to suffer for being a Christian. Praise God for the privilege of being called by his wonderful name!

And then, dear brothers and sisters, you suffered persecution from your own countrymen. In this way, you imitated the believers in God's churches in Judea who, because of their belief in Christ Jesus, suffered from their own people, the Jews.
For some of the Jews had killed their own prophets, and some even killed the Lord Jesus. Now they have persecuted us and driven us out. They displease God and oppose everyone
by trying to keep us from preaching the Good News to the Gentiles, for fear some might be saved. By doing this, they continue to pile up their sins. But the anger of God has caught up with them at last.

"I know that you live in the city where that great throne of Satan is located, and yet you have remained loyal to me. And you refused to deny me even when Antipas, my faithful witness, was martyred among you by Satan's followers.

This is what God in his wisdom said about you: 'I will send prophets and apostles to them, and they will kill some and persecute the others.'

I will send you prophets and wise men and teachers of religious law. You will kill some by crucifixion and whip others in your synagogues, chasing them from city to city.

As they were trying to kill him, word reached the commander of the Roman regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
He immediately called out his soldiers and officers and ran down among the crowd. When the mob saw the commander and the troops coming, they stopped beating Paul.

About that time King Herod Agrippa began to persecute some believers in the church.
He had the apostle James (John's brother) killed with a sword.
When Herod saw how much this pleased the Jewish leaders, he arrested Peter during the Passover celebration
and imprisoned him, placing him under the guard of four squads of four soldiers each. Herod's intention was to bring Peter out for public trial after the Passover.
But while Peter was in prison, the church prayed very earnestly for him.

"'But Lord,' I argued, 'they certainly know that I imprisoned and beat those in every synagogue who believed on you.
And when your witness Stephen was killed, I was standing there agreeing. I kept the coats they laid aside as they stoned him.'
"But the Lord said to me, 'Leave Jerusalem, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles!'"
The crowd listened until Paul came to that word; then with one voice they shouted, "Away with such a fellow! Kill him! He isn't fit to live!"

But we want to hear what you believe, for the only thing we know about these Christians is that they are denounced everywhere."

They were very disturbed that Peter and John were claiming, on the authority of Jesus, that there is a resurrection of the dead.
They arrested them and, since it was already evening, jailed them until morning.

Others seized his messengers and treated them shamefully, even killing some of them.

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