Acts 5:40

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They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.

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  • Matt 10:17 : 17 But be on guard against people, for they will hand you over to councils and will flog you in their synagogues.
  • Mark 13:9 : 9 'You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to councils and beaten in synagogues. On account of Me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.'
  • Luke 20:10 : 10 At harvest time, he sent a servant to the farmers so they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
  • John 19:1-4 : 1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 2 The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, placed it on his head, and dressed him in a purple robe. 3 They kept saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and slapped him repeatedly. 4 Pilate went outside again and said to them, "Look, I am bringing him out to you so that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him."
  • Acts 4:17-21 : 17 But to prevent this from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them not to speak to anyone in this name again. 18 So they called them and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. 19 But Peter and John replied, 'Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge.' 20 'For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.' 21 After further threats, they let them go, finding no way to punish them because of the people, since they were all glorifying God for what had happened.
  • Acts 5:28 : 28 We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name, didn’t we? Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.
  • 2 Cor 11:24 : 24 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.
  • Prov 12:10 : 10 The righteous care for the needs of their animals, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.
  • Isa 30:10 : 10 They say to the seers, 'See no more visions!' and to the prophets, 'Give us no more visions of what is right! Tell us pleasant things, prophesy illusions.'
  • Amos 2:12 : 12 But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets, saying, 'Do not prophesy.'
  • Mic 2:6 : 6 'Do not preach,' they preach. 'Do not preach about such things; disgrace will not overtake us.'
  • Matt 23:34 : 34 Therefore, look, I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town,

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    18So they called them and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

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