– Jesus was persecuted by the Jewish authorities from his birth to the cross:
Mt 2,13.22 : Arise, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt; stay there until I let you know.
Mt 10:28 : Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.
Mt 12:14 : The Pharisees left there and decided how to kill him.
Mt 13,53-57 : After expounding the parables, Jesus departed.
Mt 16:1 : The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus to put him to the test.
Mt 17:22 : The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of men.
Mt 20,17-19 : Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests.
Mt 21:45 : Hearing this, the chief priests and the Pharisees understood that Jesus was speaking of them.
Mt 26:14 : Then one of the Twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests.
Mt 27,27-50 : The governor’s soldiers took Jesus to the praetorium and surrounded him with the whole platoon.
Mk 14,43-52 : While he was still speaking, Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, arrived, and with him an armed band.
Mk 15,21-41 : A certain man from Cyrene, named Simon, was passing by, coming from the countryside.
Lk 22,47-54 : Jesus asked him: “Judas, you betray the Son of Man with a kiss!”.
Lc 23,26-49 : As they were leading him, they stopped a certain Simon of Cyrene, who was returning from the field.
Jn 18,2-12 : Judas, the traitor, also knew that place, because Jesus often went there.
Jn 19,17-30 : So they took Jesus with them. He himself carried his cross outside the city.
– Warned his disciples about the persecutions they would suffer because of him:
Mt 10,19s.26-33 : When you are arrested, do not worry about the way you will speak.
Mt 12,31s : Every sin and every blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not.
Mk 3,28ss : All sins will be forgiven the sons of men, even their blasphemies.
Lc 12,4.8.11.32 : Do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that they can do nothing more.
– The early Christians were persecuted by both the Romans and the Jews:
Acts 4,1-22 : They arrested them and put them in prison until the next day, because it was already late.
Acts 5,17-33 : Then the high priest rose […] filled with envy, and laid his hands on the apostles.
Acts 6,8-15 : Stephen, full of grace and fortitude, performed great miracles and wonders among the people.
Acts 7:54-60 : They threw him outside the city and started stoning him.
Acts 8,1-3 : On that day, a great persecution broke out against the community of Jerusalem.
Acts 12:1-18 : At the same time, King Herod ordered the arrest of some members of the Church.
Acts 14:1-7 : But the Jews, who had remained unbelievers, stirred up the heathens against their brethren.
Acts 14:19-20 : They stoned Paul and, assuming he was dead, dragged him out of the city.
Acts 16:16 : One day, as we were going to prayer, behold, a slave girl who had the spirit of Python met us.
Acts 19:23-41 : At that time there was a great uproar about the Gospel.
Acts 21:27-40 : The Jews, who had come from Asia, saw Paul in the Temple and raised all the people in an uproar.
Acts 22:22-30 : Then they raised their voices: “Take this man out of the world! He is not worthy to live!”.
Acts 23-28 : But Ananias, the high priest, ordered those who were by his side to strike him on the mouth.
– In the OT the prophets also suffered persecution because of the announcement of the Word of God:
1 Kings 19: Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had slain all the prophets of Baal with the edge of the sword.
Am 7,10-17 : Amos conspires against you among the Israelites. The earth can no longer bear your speeches.
Jr 11,18–12,6 : Instructed by the Lord, I revealed it. You have made known to me his intentions.
– The Maccabees were persecuted to death:
1Mc 1,57-64 : Anyone who showed a taste for the Law would die by order of the king.
2Mk 6–7 : An Athenian elder was sent by the king to force the Jews to abandon the customs of their ancestors.
