Luke 6:23

Rejoice ye in that day See Acts 5:41. "We glory in tribulation;" Romans 5:3; James 1:2-3; Colossians 1:24; Hebrews 11:26. They accepted with joy that -ignominy of Christ" which made the very name of -Christian" a term of execration; 1 Peter 4:14; 1 Peter 4:16.

in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets Elijah and his contemporaries, 1 Kings 19:10. Hanani imprisoned by Asa, 2 Chronicles 16:10. Micaiah imprisoned, 1 Kings 22:27. Zechariah stoned by Joash, 2 Chronicles 24:20-21. Urijah slain by Jehoiakim, Jeremiah 26:23. Jeremiah imprisoned, smitten and put in the stocks, Jeremiah 32:38. Amos slandered, expelled, and perhaps beaten to death (Amos 7). Isaiah (according to tradition) sawn asunder, Hebrews 11:37, &c. See the same reproach against the Jews in Hebrews 11:36-38; Acts 7:52; 1 Thessalonians 2:14-15.