Jesus forewarned his disciples at Luke 21: 12: “People will lay their hands upon you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons... for the sake of my name. ”
पहिल्या शतकापासून खऱ्‍या ख्रिस्ती लोकांना अमानुष छळ सोसावा लागला आहे.