1 Thessalonians 2:2 References
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but after we had already suffered and been amistreated in bPhilippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God cto speak to you the dgospel of God amid much eopposition.
a Acts 14:5, Acts 16:19-24, Philippians 1:30
Acts 14
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And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and athe Jews with their rulers, to mistreat and to bstone them,
Acts 16
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But when her masters saw that their hope of aprofit was gone, they seized bPaul and Silas and cdragged them into the market place before the authorities,
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and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, "These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews,
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and aare proclaiming customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being bRomans."
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The crowd rose up together against them, and the chief magistrates tore their robes off them and proceeded to order them to be abeaten with rods.
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When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding athe jailer to guard them securely;
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and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in athe stocks.