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persecuted

Meaning of “persecuted”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of persecute, meaning to pursue, harass, or oppress.

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First occurrence: Deuteronomy 30:7

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Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
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1611 witness · Acts 7:52 · retained source text

Which of the Prophets haue not your fathers persecuted? And they haue slaine them which shewed before of the comming of the Iust one, of whom ye haue bene now the betrayers and murderers:

Acts 22:4
And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
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1611 witness · Acts 22:4 · retained source text

And I persecuted this way vnto the death, binding and deliuering into prisons both men and women,

1611 marginal noteChap. 8.3.

Acts 26:11
And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
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1611 witness · Acts 26:11 · retained source text

And I punished them oft in euery Synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme, and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them euen vnto strange cities.

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