Matthew 10:23
But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
Cross-reference
In Matthew 4:12, Jesus withdraws to Galilee after John's arrest — modeling the flight from persecution instructed here.
In Matthew 12:15, Jesus withdraws from the plotting Pharisees — a direct example of fleeing to safety as commanded.
Matthew 14:13 shows Jesus withdrawing after John's death, a similar act of retreat for safety, though not explicit persecution.
Matthew 5:10 pronounces blessing on the persecuted, providing the theological context for why fleeing is necessary.
In John 10:39-42, Jesus escapes those trying to seize Him and goes beyond the Jordan — a clear parallel to fleeing to another city.
Acts 14:20 records Paul getting up and going to Derbe — fleeing the city where he was stoned, directly obeying Jesus’ instruction.
Acts 14:7 says they continued preaching the gospel after fleeing — fulfilling Jesus’ pattern of moving to the next town to proclaim the message.
Acts 14:6 has Paul and Barnabas fleeing to Lystra and Derbe after learning of a plot — a clear instance of escaping persecution to preach elsewhere.
Acts 13:51 shows Paul and Barnabas shaking off dust and going to Iconium — a direct follow-up to persecution, fleeing to the next town.
Acts 13:50 records Paul and Barnabas being driven out of Antioch — persecution that forces them to move on, just as Jesus said.
Acts 17:10 describes Paul and Silas being sent to Berea by night — an urgent flight from persecution in Thessalonica, echoing Jesus’ words.
Acts 9:25 describes Saul being lowered in a basket to escape — a literal fleeing from one city to safety, matching Jesus' command.
In Acts 8:1, persecution scatters the church — believers flee to other regions, fulfilling the pattern commanded here.
In John 11:54, Jesus withdraws to Ephraim after the plot — a direct example of fleeing to another city as commanded.
In John 7:1, Jesus avoids Judea because Jews seek to kill Him — a strategy of fleeing from danger as commanded here.
In Luke 4:29-31, Jesus escapes a mob in Nazareth and goes to Capernaum — fleeing persecution to another city as instructed.
Acts 8:4 shows the early church scattering from persecution and preaching — a clear fulfillment of Jesus' instruction to flee and continue the mission.
Jeremiah 26:21 shows Jeremiah fleeing from Jehoiakim who sought to kill him, a direct parallel to escaping lethal persecution.
Acts 22:18 has Jesus telling Paul to flee Jerusalem because of rejection — a strong echo of the same command to flee persecution.
John 4:3 depicts Jesus leaving Judea due to Pharisee opposition — a direct example of the fleeing from persecution he later commands.
1 Samuel 19:10 records David fleeing from Saul's attempt to kill him, echoing the same urgency of escaping immediate threat.
Acts 9:30 records Paul being sent away to escape danger, mirroring the disciples' pattern of fleeing persecution as instructed.
Exodus 2:15 shows Moses fleeing from Pharaoh after killing an Egyptian, mirroring the pattern of escaping persecution by relocating.
Revelation 2:13 commends the Pergamum church for not fleeing but holding fast even to death — a contrasting response to persecution.