"They will seize and persecute you, they will hand you over to the synagogues and to prisons, and they will have you led before kings and governors because of my name. It will lead to your giving testimony.....By your perseverance you will secure your lives." (Luke 21: 12 - 13, 19)
Persecution, small, big and unto death comes with the territory of being Christian. In 1534, St Thomas More opposed King Henry the 8th over his self declaration as head of the Church in England. All the English hierarchy, that is all the Bishops of England out of fear of death succumbed to the threat of Henry the 8th except for Bishop St John Fisher and St Thomas More who was the Lord Chancellor of England. Both were executed. Both were canonized as saints. This is what Jesus is saying in today's Daily Bible Verse. Persecution can come suddenly. As in the case of England in the 1530s, how the mighty may fall.
"By your perseverance you will secure your lives." (Luke 21: 19).
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