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 1     His, 2Mac  Int          |                   Profanation and Persecution (2 Macc 4:1-7:42) ~                            
 2     His, 2Mac  Int          |             VI.           Renewed Persecution (2 Macc 10:9-15:36) ~                       
 3     His, 2Mac    6:   18(4) |          God's people in times of persecution, they add gruesome details
 4  ProphB,  Jer   12:    3(1) |         the prophet's reaction to persecution shows the difference between
 5  ProphB,  Dan  Int          |            a time of distress and persecution for Jews, and later, for
 6  ProphB,  Dan  Int          |        composed during the bitter persecution carried on by Antiochus
 7  ProphB,  Dan    7:   25(9) |        the duration of Antiochus' persecution.~
 8  ProphB,  Dan    9:    2(2) |         Daniel, living during the persecution of Antiochus, sees the conditions
 9  ProphB,  Dan    9:   25(6) |         beginning of the Seleucid persecution.~
10  ProphB,  Dan    9:   26(7) |        dates the beginning of the persecution. Onias was in exile when
11  ProphB,  Dan    9:   27(8) |            the time of Antiochus' persecution; he is Antiochus himself.
12  ProphB,  Dan   11:    5(3) |           of Antiochus IV and his persecution, in details that have been
13    Gosp,  Mat  Int          |    resurrection and of the severe persecution that will attend it (Matthew
14    Gosp,  Mat   13:   18(8) |       that was the consequence of persecution and worldliness respectively.
15    Gosp,  Mat   13:   18(8) |          but fall away because of persecution (Matthew 13:20-21); (3)
16    Gosp,  Mat   13:   21    |          When some tribulation or persecution comes because of the word,
17    Gosp,  Mat   23:   34(18)|  beginning with that of Abel. The persecution of Jesus' disciples by this
18    Gosp,  Mat   24:    9    |        they will hand you over to persecution, and they will kill you.
19    Gosp,  Mat   24:    9(7) |         24:9. The handing over to persecution and hatred from outside
20    Gosp,  Mar  Int          |            at a time of impending persecution and when destruction loomed
21    Gosp,  Mar  Int          |           faithful in the face of persecution (Mark 13:9-13), while going
22    Gosp,  Mar    4:   17    |          Then when tribulation or persecution comes because of the word,
23    Gosp,  Luk   12:    2(2) |       protection even in times of persecution. They are paralleled in
24    Gosp,  Luk   12:   10(5) |       fearlessness in the face of persecution (Luke 12:2-9; cf Matthew
25    Gosp,  Luk   12:   10(5) |         of courage in the face of persecution.~
26    Gosp,  Luk   14:   25(6) |       demands readiness to accept persecution and suffering (Luke 14:27)
27    Gosp,  Luk   21:   12(4) |           Now in dealing with the persecution of the disciples (Luke 21:
28    Gosp,  Joh   15:   18(7) |    synoptic parallels, predicting persecution, especially at Matthew 10:
29    Gosp,  Joh   15:   21(9) |           of my name: the idea of persecution for Jesus' name is frequent
30    Gosp,  Joh   16:    2(1) |                       2] Hour: of persecution, not Jesus' "hour" (see
31    Gosp,  Act    3:    1(1) |     divine aid against threats of persecution (Acts 4:23-31).~
32    Gosp,  Act    8:    1    |          there broke out a severe persecution 1 of the church in Jerusalem,
33    Gosp,  Act    8:    1(1) |       idea of the severity of the persecution that now breaks out against
34    Gosp,  Act    8:    1(2) |     scholars to conclude that the persecution was limited to the Hellenist
35    Gosp,  Act   11:   19    |         had been scattered by the persecution that arose because of Stephen
36    Gosp,  Act   13:   50    |         of the city, stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas,
37   NTLet,  Rom    8:   35    |          anguish, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness,
38   NTLet,  Gal    6:   12(8) |      taken as Jews, thereby avoid persecution from the Romans. In any
39   NTLet,  Col  Int          |        His preaching has cost him persecution, suffering, and imprisonment,
40   NTLet, 1The  Int          |     Thessalonica, he was beset by persecution from Jews and Gentiles alike.
41   NTLet, 1The    2:   14(3) |           1:9) and speaks here of persecution by their (pagan) compatriots
42   NTLet, 2The  Int          |       love in the face of outside persecution. God's eventual judgment
43   NTLet, 2The  Int          |     evidenced by the very fact of persecution. The second part (2 Thes
44   NTLet, 2Tim    3:   10(2) |      example for Timothy includes persecution, a frequent emphasis in
45   NTLet,  Heb  Int          |         danger was due not to any persecution from outsiders but to a
46   CathL, 1Pet  Int          |    conduct in spite of threats of persecution. Numerous allusions in the
47   CathL, 1Pet  Int          |           17). In 1 Peter 4:12-19 persecution is described as already
48   CathL, 1Pet  Int          |       martyred at Rome during the persecution of Nero between A.D. 64
49   CathL, 1Pet  Int          |           allusions to widespread persecution of Christians, which did
50   CathL, 1Pet  Int          |        when there is evidence for persecution of Christians in Asia Minor (
51   CathL, 1Pet  Int          |   addressed would not be official persecution but the difficulty of living
52   CathL, 1Pet    2:   13(8) |           1 Peter 2:17). Although persecution may threaten, subjection
53   CathL, 1Pet    4:   11(5) |        being read in places where persecution was more pressing. But such
54   CathL, 1Pet    4:   12(6) |         as referring to an actual persecution. Others see the heightening
55   CathL,  Rev  Int          |           the crisis was ruthless persecution of the early church by the
56   CathL,  Rev  Int          |          have no fear. Suffering, persecution, even death by martyrdom,
57   CathL,  Rev    2:    7(6) |         God's will in the face of persecution. The tree of life that is
58   CathL,  Rev    2:    9(9) |     brethren there occasioned the persecution of Christians; cf Acts 14:
59   CathL,  Rev    2:   12(11)|      pagan setting and in face of persecution and martyrdom (Rev 2:13).
60   CathL,  Rev    7:   14(8) |         of great distress: fierce persecution by the Romans; cf Introduction.~
61   CathL,  Rev   11:    2(2) |           duration of the vicious persecution of the Jews by Antiochus
62   CathL,  Rev   11:    2(2) |          Daniel 7:25; 12:7); this persecution of three and a half years (
63   CathL,  Rev   11:    2(2) |          reference here is to the persecution by the Romans; cf Introduction.~
64   CathL,  Rev   12:    1(2) |         the church, which suffers persecution by the dragon (Rev 12:6,
65   CathL,  Rev   12:   17(13)| individual Christian is to expect persecution and suffering.~