ALL TRUE DISCIPLES PERSECUTED.
The disciples of Christ were told that they would have to suffer persecution. The Savior informed them that this should be the case, and led them to expect it.
"If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. . . If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you." (John 15: 19, 20).
"Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you: for so did their fathers to the false prophets." (Luke 6: 26).
The Apostle Paul says, "All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution." (II Timothy 3: 12).