Quotes about Suffering
He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
— Acts 7:19
The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
— Acts 8:32
For three days he was without sight, and he did not eat or drink anything.
— Acts 9:9
I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”
— Acts 9:16
The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.
— Acts 16:22
explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared.
— Acts 17:3
I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.
— Acts 20:23
Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
— Acts 21:13
‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.
— Acts 22:19
We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
— Acts 26:14
that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”
— Acts 26:23
Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
— Romans 5:3