Saint Stephen was executed by the Jewish elite of his time (stoned to death), essentially for preaching the teachings of Jesus, according to the gospels. In his final speech, he is reported to have said...

"Which one of the Prophets did your fathers not persecute, and they killed the ones who prophesied the coming of the Just One, of whom now, too, you have become betrayers and murderers."

I wonder if we can pin this one on the Romans, too.