Page 9 - The Promise of Persecution

There are many forms of persecution.

Obviously, martyrdom is one form, but

another form of persecution is prison. We

find in chapter 8 of the book of Acts that the

church was scattered, so that was also a

form of persecution. They were scattered

and had to leave their homes. Also, slander,

insult, loss of property (as we see in the

latter part of Hebrews chapter 10), and

forsaken by friends and family and

countrymen are other forms of persecution.

Now, we see that many of the apostles

had some extreme forms of persecution. As

we come to verse 18, the simple thing that

Jesus is teaching His disciples here is that

there is a promise that they would be hated

5