Persecution (22 Occurrences)

... The first great persecution for religious opinion of which we have any record was that which broke out against the worshippers of God among the Jews in the ... biblethesaurus.org/p/persecution.htm - 47k

Phygellus (1 Occurrence)

... The times during and immediately following the Neronic persecution were more dreadful than can easily be conceived, and the temptation was strong to forsake ... biblethesaurus.org/p/phygellus.htm - 10k

Phygelus (1 Occurrence)

... The times during and immediately following the Neronic persecution were more dreadful than can easily be conceived, and the temptation was strong to forsake ... biblethesaurus.org/p/phygelus.htm - 9k

Tribulation (43 Occurrences)

... The noun form is rendered in the King James Version variously as "tribulation," "affliction," "persecution," though more uniformly "tribulation" in the Revised ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tribulation.htm - 24k

Lystra (6 Occurrences)

... Here Paul preached the gospel after he had been driven by persecution from Iconium (Acts 14:2-7). Here also he healed a lame man (8), and thus so impressed the ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lystra.htm - 14k

Oppression (67 Occurrences)

... Matthew 13:21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. (WEB). ... biblethesaurus.org/o/oppression.htm - 29k

Jezebel (20 Occurrences)

... malicious, revengeful, and cruel. She is the first great instigator of persecution against the saints of God. Guided by no principle ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jezebel.htm - 26k

Apostolic (2 Occurrences)

... In 41 AD, the Roman representatives gave way to the Pharisaically inclined Agrippa I and (for reasons that are not clear) persecution broke out in which James ... biblethesaurus.org/a/apostolic.htm - 17k

Witchcraft (8 Occurrences)

... 1. Meaning and Use of the Words 2. Biblical Usage 3. Common Elements in Witchcraft and Ancient Oriental Magic 4. Rise, Spread and Persecution of Witchcraft ... biblethesaurus.org/w/witchcraft.htm - 23k

Testaments

... occupied Jerusalem, the temple was defiled, the city laid waste in part, a heavy fine was imposed on the people and a general persecution followed, which ... biblethesaurus.org/t/testaments.htm - 35k

Endure (90 Occurrences)

... the Revised Version (British and American) "the food which abideth"; (2) in the sense of "bear" (Hebrews 12:20): "bear up under," hardship, persecution, etc. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/endure.htm - 33k

Witch (2 Occurrences)

... 1. Meaning and Use of the Words 2. Biblical Usage 3. Common Elements in Witchcraft and Ancient Oriental Magic 4. Rise, Spread and Persecution of Witchcraft ... biblethesaurus.org/w/witch.htm - 24k

Between (2624 Occurrences)

... occupied Jerusalem, the temple was defiled, the city laid waste in part, a heavy fine was imposed on the people and a general persecution followed, which ... biblethesaurus.org/b/between.htm - 36k

Offended (26 Occurrences)

... Matthew 13:21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended ... biblethesaurus.org/o/offended.htm - 14k

Onesiphorus (2 Occurrences)

... For the persecution, inaugurated by Nero against the Christians, had raged bitterly; its fury was not yet abated, and this made the profession of the Christian ... biblethesaurus.org/o/onesiphorus.htm - 11k

Justus (3 Occurrences)

... to him by the Christians in Rome on his arrival there had lost its first warmth, and when in consequence, probably, of their fear of persecution, most of them ... biblethesaurus.org/j/justus.htm - 12k

Within (400 Occurrences)

... He continues for a time, but when suffering comes, or persecution, because of the Message, he at once stumbles and falls. (WEY). ... biblethesaurus.org/w/within.htm - 36k

Firm (111 Occurrences)

... Matthew 13:21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. ... biblethesaurus.org/f/firm.htm - 34k

Temporary (13 Occurrences)

... Matthew 13:21 and he hath not root in himself, but is temporary, and persecution or tribulation having happened because of the word, immediately he is stumbled ... biblethesaurus.org/t/temporary.htm - 10k

Rome (12 Occurrences)

... the apostles (one of the inscriptions found in them bears the date AD 71) for some three hundred years as places of refuge in the time of persecution, and also ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rome.htm - 43k

Dispersed (28 Occurrences)

... And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all dispersed throughout the regions of Judea and ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dispersed.htm - 15k

Driven (128 Occurrences)

... Acts 11:19 Those, however, who had been driven in various directions by the persecution which broke out on account of Stephen made their way to Phoenicia ... biblethesaurus.org/d/driven.htm - 37k

Arises (21 Occurrences)

... Matthew 13:21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/arises.htm - 12k

Ariseth (20 Occurrences)

... Matthew 13:21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended ... biblethesaurus.org/a/ariseth.htm - 12k

Stumbled (47 Occurrences)

... Matthew 13:21 and he hath not root in himself, but is temporary, and persecution or tribulation having happened because of the word, immediately he is stumbled ... biblethesaurus.org/s/stumbled.htm - 19k

Short (128 Occurrences)

... Matthew 13:21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/short.htm - 37k

Nero

... was the emperor before whom Paul was brought on his first imprisonment at Rome, and the apostle is supposed to have suffered martyrdom during this persecution. ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nero.htm - 41k

Alexandria (4 Occurrences)

... It may have been a good thing that the persecution of Antiochus Epiphanes (2nd century BC) checked Jewish Hellenization. During ... biblethesaurus.org/a/alexandria.htm - 31k

Affliction (120 Occurrences)

... (3) In the New Testament the chief form of affliction is that due to the fierce antagonism manifested to the religion of Jesus, resulting in persecution. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/affliction.htm - 53k

Suffering (104 Occurrences)

... He continues for a time, but when suffering comes, or persecution, because of the Message, he at once stumbles and falls. (WEY). ... biblethesaurus.org/s/suffering.htm - 40k

Root (54 Occurrences)

... Matthew 13:21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/root.htm - 28k

Message (222 Occurrences)

... He continues for a time, but when suffering comes, or persecution, because of the Message, he at once stumbles and falls. (WEY). ... biblethesaurus.org/m/message.htm - 34k

Manasseh (140 Occurrences)

... But their fidelity only aroused bitter hatred, and a period of cruel persecution against all the friends of the old religion began. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/manasseh.htm - 68k

Account (460 Occurrences)

... Matthew 13:21 but has no root in himself, but is for a time only; and when tribulation or persecution happens on account of the word, he is immediately offended ... biblethesaurus.org/a/account.htm - 35k

Derbe (4 Occurrences)

... It was the native place of Gaius, one of Paul's companions (20:4). He did not here suffer persecution (2 Timothy 3:11). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DERBE. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/derbe.htm - 15k

Broke (153 Occurrences)

... At this time a great persecution broke out against the Church in Jerusalem, and all except the Apostles were scattered throughout Judaea and Samaria. (WEY NIV). ... biblethesaurus.org/b/broke.htm - 39k

Antichrist (4 Occurrences)

... was only a seeming one) which portended Gnosticism, and the elements of Ebionism (Christ was only a man), were more seriously to be dreaded than persecution. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/antichrist.htm - 26k

Age (404 Occurrences)

... In 41 AD, the Roman representatives gave way to the Pharisaically inclined Agrippa I and (for reasons that are not clear) persecution broke out in which James ... biblethesaurus.org/a/age.htm - 56k

Straightway (96 Occurrences)

... Matthew 13:21 yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while; and when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway he ... biblethesaurus.org/s/straightway.htm - 35k

Immediately (141 Occurrences)

... Matthew 13:21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. ... biblethesaurus.org/i/immediately.htm - 35k

Josiah (51 Occurrences)

... is to be reckoned the spiritually-minded "remnant" with which since Isaiah the prophets had been working; a remnant now seasoned by persecution, and already ... biblethesaurus.org/j/josiah.htm - 42k

Region (96 Occurrences)

... (YLT NIV). Acts 8:1 Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/region.htm - 34k

Persecuting (14 Occurrences)

biblethesaurus.org/p/persecuting.htm - 10k

Philip (37 Occurrences)

... (2.) One of the "seven" (Acts 6:5), called also "the evangelist" (21:8, 9). He was one of those who were "scattered abroad" by the persecution that arose on ... biblethesaurus.org/p/philip.htm - 32k

Timothy (28 Occurrences)

... time of his departure was at hand" (2 Timothy 4:6), and he exhorts his "son Timothy" to all diligence and steadfastness, and to patience under persecution (1:6 ... biblethesaurus.org/t/timothy.htm - 38k

Elijah (104 Occurrences)

... the bearer of a message to Ahab, appealed to his own well-known piety and zeal, as shown in his sheltering and feeding, during Jezebel's persecution, a hundred ... biblethesaurus.org/e/elijah.htm - 71k

Judith (1 Occurrence)

... 1. Probably during the Maccabean Age: It is evident that this religious romance was prompted by some severe persecution in which the faith of the Jews was ... biblethesaurus.org/j/judith.htm - 27k

Suffer (195 Occurrences)

... (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV). Galatians 5:11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? ... biblethesaurus.org/s/suffer.htm - 36k

Subapostolic

... The date of the epistle is fixed approximately by a reference to a persecution at Rome in progress or very recent; this persecution (during Clement's ... biblethesaurus.org/s/subapostolic.htm - 38k

Sub-apostolic

... The date of the epistle is fixed approximately by a reference to a persecution at Rome in progress or very recent; this persecution (during Clement's ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sub-apostolic.htm - 38k

Simon (75 Occurrences)

... After a while another persecution arose against the church, and Herod Agrippa, having put James to death, imprisons Peter with the thought of executing him also ... biblethesaurus.org/s/simon.htm - 91k

Mark (182 Occurrences)

... The traces of his sufferings, scourging, stonings, persecution, wounds, were visible in permanent scars on his body (compare 2 Corinthians 11:23-27). ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mark.htm - 93k

Sermon (1 Occurrence)

... accounts. Observe the use of the second person in the reference to suffering, poverty and persecution for the sake of the Son of Man. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sermon.htm - 39k

Peter (181 Occurrences)

... Peter.". After the miracle at the temple gate (Acts 3) persecution arose against the Christians, and Peter was cast into prison. He ... biblethesaurus.org/p/peter.htm - 101k

Yet (1244 Occurrences)

... Matthew 13:21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. ... biblethesaurus.org/y/yet.htm - 35k

Victor's (4 Occurrences)

... I tell you that the Devil is about to throw some of you into prison that you may be put to the test, and for ten days you will have to endure persecution. ... biblethesaurus.org/v/victor's.htm - 7k

Various (52 Occurrences)

... (WEY). Acts 11:19 Those, however, who had been driven in various directions by the persecution which broke out on account of Stephen made their way to Phoenicia ... biblethesaurus.org/v/various.htm - 22k

Kick (8 Occurrences)

... The words seem to mean that Paul's paroxysm of persecution was a painful as well as profitless resistance to the pricks of conscience by which God was leading ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kick.htm - 10k

Nakedness (50 Occurrences)

... Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nakedness.htm - 26k

Urged (44 Occurrences)

... Acts 13:50 But the Jews urged on the devout women of honorable estate, and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas ... biblethesaurus.org/u/urged.htm - 19k

Upper (99 Occurrences)

... Acts 13:50 But the Jews excited the women of the upper classes who were worshippers, and the first people of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul ... biblethesaurus.org/u/upper.htm - 39k

Obadiah (21 Occurrences)

... obhadhyahu, "servant of Yahweh"): (1) The steward or prime minister of Ahab, who did his best to protect the prophets of Yahweh against Jezebel's persecution. ... biblethesaurus.org/o/obadiah.htm - 32k

Offense (44 Occurrences)

... (WBS). Galatians 5:11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then hath the offense of the cross ceased. (WBS NIV). ... biblethesaurus.org/o/offense.htm - 18k

Overthrown (44 Occurrences)

... them. They last for a time; then, when suffering or persecution comes because of the Message, they are immediately overthrown. (WEY). ... biblethesaurus.org/o/overthrown.htm - 20k

Olves

... he often sat with his disciples, telling them of wondrous events yet to come, of the destruction of the Holy City; of the sufferings, the persecution, and the ... biblethesaurus.org/o/olves.htm - 9k

Jeremiah (141 Occurrences)

... we find no reference to Jeremiah, but in the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the enmity of the people against him broke out in bitter persecution, and he ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jeremiah.htm - 75k

Jehoiachin (20 Occurrences)

... remnant, for him the vital hope of Israel, the growth and influence of this element in the nation has been discernible, as well in the persecution it has ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jehoiachin.htm - 19k

Joyful (83 Occurrences)

... you persecuted. (WEY). Romans 12:12 full of joyful hope, patient under persecution, earnest and persistent in prayer. (WEY NIV). 2 ... biblethesaurus.org/j/joyful.htm - 29k

Jabneh (1 Occurrence)

... and it afterward became the seat of a great rabbinical school (Milman, History of the Jews, II, 411-12), but was suppressed in the persecution under Hadrian. ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jabneh.htm - 10k

James (40 Occurrences)

... patience in trial (1:2), patience in good works (1:22-25), patience under provocation (3:17), patience under oppression (5:7), patience under persecution (5:10 ... biblethesaurus.org/j/james.htm - 78k

Jabneel (2 Occurrences)

... and it afterward became the seat of a great rabbinical school (Milman, History of the Jews, II, 411-12), but was suppressed in the persecution under Hadrian. ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jabneel.htm - 11k

Leading (101 Occurrences)

... 13:50 But the Jews influenced the gentlewomen of rank who worshipped with them, and also the leading men in the city, and stirred up persecution against Paul ... biblethesaurus.org/l/leading.htm - 36k

Lasts (9 Occurrences)

... Matthew 13:21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lasts.htm - 8k

Gentlewomen (3 Occurrences)

... 13:50 But the Jews influenced the gentlewomen of rank who worshipped with them, and also the leading men in the city, and stirred up persecution against Paul ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gentlewomen.htm - 7k

Goods (231 Occurrences)

... in Christ, when the band of disciples was still small, making them in a sense one family, and under the external constraint of extreme want and persecution. ... biblethesaurus.org/g/goods.htm - 43k

Godly (50 Occurrences)

... 2 Timothy 3:12 Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. (WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV). ... biblethesaurus.org/g/godly.htm - 21k

Word's (3 Occurrences)

... Mark 4:17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they ... biblethesaurus.org/w/word's.htm - 7k

Worshipped (81 Occurrences)

... 13:50 But the Jews influenced the gentlewomen of rank who worshipped with them, and also the leading men in the city, and stirred up persecution against Paul ... biblethesaurus.org/w/worshipped.htm - 32k

Wreath (21 Occurrences)

... I tell you that the Devil is about to throw some of you into prison that you may be put to the test, and for ten days you will have to endure persecution. ... biblethesaurus.org/w/wreath.htm - 12k

Influenced (2 Occurrences)

... 13:50 But the Jews influenced the gentlewomen of rank who worshipped with them, and also the leading men in the city, and stirred up persecution against Paul ... biblethesaurus.org/i/influenced.htm - 7k