the remnant.

Matthew 5:10-12
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. . . .

Matthew 10:12-18, 22-25
As you enter the house, greet its occupants. . . .

Matthew 21:35-39
But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. . . .

Matthew 23:34-37
Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town. . . .

John 15:19, 20
If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. . . .

John 16:2, 3
They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God. . . .

Acts 4:1-3
While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them, . . .

Acts 5:40, 41
At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them. . . .

Acts 7:51-57
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. . . .

Acts 8:1
And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen's death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.

1 Thessalonians 2:14, 15
For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews, . . .