There are no emperors in Rome now-a-days, and nobody is persecuting Christians in Rome. Indeed, Rome is the centre of the Roman Catholic Church.
Khmer Rouge
because he was a christian
DavidAnswer:Acts 9:4, 5 - Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?" 5 And he said, "Who are You, Lord?" Then the Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads." [NKJV]
Those passages basically say that the people most trampled on in life are blessed by God. So when people persecute others (e.g. whites persecuting blacks, Christians persecuting gay people, etc.), they are really persecuting the people God mostloves.
The teacher says that Hitler is wrong for persecuting the Jews and she says that here in the United States we don't persecute but Scout realizes that they are doing the same in persecuting the blacks.
on the road to damascus to arrest christians, paul was struck by a blinding light that he fell from his steed. a voice said 'paul, why are you persecuting me?' and paul said 'lord, who are you?' and jesus replied 'i am jesus whom you are persecuting'
The noun forms of the verb to persecute are persecutor, persecution, and the gerund persecuting.
Before he met Him. While he was persecuting the Church.
Diocletian stopped the growth by persecuting the christians.
Diocletian stopped the growth by persecuting the christians.
Joseph McCarthy was the man.