TSK · Matthew 10:18

Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail?

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.

James is Killed and Peter Imprisoned About that time King Herod laid hands on some from the church to harm them.

The Accusations Against Paul After five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and an attorney named Tertullus, and they brought formal charges against Paul to the governor.

At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me– may they not be held accountable for it.

Now when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been violently killed because of the word of God and because of the testimony they had given.