TSK · Acts 16:19

Persecution of Disciples“I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Persecution of Disciples“You must watch out for yourselves. You will be handed over to councils and beaten in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them.

For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”

But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead.

who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, screaming,“These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world have come here too,

For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought a great deal of business to the craftsmen.

in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in hunger,

But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?