or persecution ariseth # 41_MAR_04_17 # And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. or persecution ariseth # 40_MAT_13_21 # Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.