Bible Verses About Rumors Against Early Christians

And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

Shows false witnesses were used to spread charges.

Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

Direct Bible instruction about false accusation and good conscience.

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Classic beatitude on false evil speech against believers.

Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.

Direct passage on being defamed

If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

Clear Bible text about reproach for Christ's name.

Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

Shows false charges of blasphemy were made.

And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

Bible text about slanderous reporting of evil motives.

Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

Clear false testimony against Jesus as the pattern behind later slander.

Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

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Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.

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And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing.

Chief priests accused him of many things

False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

False witnesses laid charges

If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;

General law about malicious witnesses.

And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him.

Vehement accusation against Jesus

Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed:

Shows accusation without the expected charge.

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

Supports the call to reject slander.

And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,

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Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

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And many other things blasphemously spake they against him.

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But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.

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Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am the LORD.

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He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

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But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

Shows hostile reaction and mob violence around the apostolic message.

For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

Names Christians as troublemakers in a public charge.

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

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And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.

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But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

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And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them,

Shows assault and public hostility against believers.

And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.

Shows a public uproar tied to the Way.

Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

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And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

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And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.

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