The apostle Paul testified to this fact, writing: “What more shall I say? For the time will fail me if I go on to relate about... the other prophets, who through faith... received their trial by mockings and scourgings, indeed, more than that, by bonds and prisons. ” ​ — Hebrews 11: 32 - 38.
(‏ متّیٰ ۵ :‏ ۱۲‏ ،‏ ھ ن ‏ )‏ اسرائیلیان با پیامبرانی که یَهُوَه برای هشدار دادن نزد ایشان می‌فرستاد رفتار بدی داشتند و آنان را آزار و شکنجه می‌دادند .‏