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2 Corinthians 11 23-2 Corinthians 11 33
Are they serving Christ? I am serving him even more. I’m out of my mind to talk like this! I have worked much harder. I have been in prison more often. I have suffered terrible beatings. Again and again I almost died.Five times the Jews gave me 39 strokes with a whip.Three times I was beaten with sticks. Once they tried to kill me by throwing stones at me. Three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.I have had to keep on the move. I have been in danger from rivers. I have been in danger from robbers. I have been in danger from my fellow Jews and in danger from Gentiles. I have been in danger in the city, in the country, and at sea. I have been in danger from people who pretended they were believers.I have worked very hard. Often I have gone without sleep. I have been hungry and thirsty. Often I have gone without food. I have been cold and naked.Besides everything else, every day I am concerned about all the churches. It is a very heavy load.If anyone is weak, I feel weak. If anyone is led into sin, I burn on the inside.If I have to brag, I will brag about the things that show how weak I am.I am not lying. The God and Father of the Lord Jesus knows this. May God be praised forever.In Damascus the governor who served under King Aretas had their city guarded. He wanted to arrest me.But I was lowered in a basket from a window in the wall. So I escaped from the governor.
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Mark 14:2
“ But not during the feast,” they said.“ The people may stir up trouble.”
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Acts 24:6
He even tried to make our temple impure. So we arrested him.
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Acts 25:23
The next day Agrippa and Bernice arrived. They were treated like very important people. They entered the courtroom. The most important military officers and the leading men of the city came with them. When Festus gave the command, Paul was brought in.
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Matthew 26:5
“ But not during the feast,” they said.“ The people may stir up trouble.”
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Acts 26:9-10
“ I believed that I should oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth. So I did everything I could to oppose his name.That’s just what I was doing in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests, I put many of the Lord’s people in prison. I agreed that they should die.
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Acts 10:1
A man named Cornelius lived in Caesarea. He was a Roman commander in the Italian Regiment.
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John 18:12
Then the group of soldiers, their commander and the Jewish officials arrested Jesus. They tied him up
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Acts 17:5
But other Jews were jealous. So they rounded up some evil people from the market place. Forming a crowd, they started all kinds of trouble in the city. The Jews rushed to Jason’s house. They were looking for Paul and Silas. They wanted to bring them out to the crowd.
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1 Kings 1 41
Adonijah and all his guests heard it. They were just finishing their meal. Joab heard the sound of the trumpet. So he asked,“ What does all this noise in the city mean?”
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Acts 19:40
As it is, we are in danger of being charged with a crime. We could be charged with causing all this trouble today. There is no reason for it. So we wouldn’t be able to explain what has happened.”
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Acts 24:22
Felix knew all about the Way of Jesus. So he put off the trial for the time being.“ Lysias the commanding officer will come,” he said.“ Then I will decide your case.”
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Acts 21:38
“ Aren’t you the Egyptian who turned some of our people against their leaders? Didn’t you lead 4,000 terrorists out into the desert some time ago?”
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John 16:2
You will be thrown out of the synagogue. In fact, the time is coming when someone may kill you. And they will think they are doing God a favor.
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Acts 23:17
Then Paul called one of the commanders. He said to him,“ Take this young man to the commanding officer. He has something to tell him.”
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Acts 22:22
The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they shouted,“ Kill him! He isn’t fit to live!”