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Christ warned his followers not to fear being killed

Luke 12:4 View context

And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

Christ himself avoided the Jews for fear of being killed

John 7:1 View context

After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.