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- Jesus frequently warned His followers that they would face persecution and suffering. The first instance comes at the beginning of His ministry, when Jesus taught the Sermon on the Mount. This teaching was (and still is) basic training about life in God’s kingdom and how to be a disciple of Jesus.
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Jesus frequently warned His followers that they would face persecution and suffering. The first instance comes at the beginning of His ministry, when Jesus taught the Sermon on the Mount. This teaching was (and still is) basic training about life in God’s kingdom and how to be a disciple of Jesus.
Apr 2, 2024 · Updated Apr 02, 2024. The Bible teaches that the original 12 disciples of Jesus Christ were Peter, Andrew, John, James, the son of Zebedee, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot. Judas betrayed Jesus initiating his arrest and journey to be crucified on the cross.
Acts 5:17-42. New International Version. The Apostles Persecuted. 17 Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. 18 They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. 19 But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out ...
- 2 Timothy 3:11–12. my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me.
- John 15:19–20. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
- Matthew 5:10–12. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
- Mark 10:29–30. Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.”
This essay explores biblically the dynamic of Christian persecution. The article is an attempt to define persecution from Christ’s instructions to his disciples in Matthew 5:10-12. I intend to demonstrate that persecution is, as Calvin said, a contention against God’s power.
8. The First Opposition (Acts 4:1-31) Related Media. Introduction 1. For 40 days after His resurrection, the risen Lord Jesus appeared to men in very convincing ways. He particularly ministered to His disciples, for they would play a key role in His on-going ministry in and through the church.
The persecution of Christians in the New Testament is an important part of the Early Christian narrative which depicts the early Church as being persecuted for their heterodox beliefs by a Jewish establishment in what was then the Roman province of Judea.
