Acts 7:1

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Then the high priest asked, 'Are these charges true?'

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  • Matt 26:61-62 : 61 They declared, "This man said, 'I can destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.'" 62 Then the high priest stood up and said to Him, "Are You not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against You?"
  • Mark 14:58-60 : 58 "We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple made with human hands and in three days will build another, not made with hands.'" 59 Yet even then their testimony did not agree. 60 Then the high priest stood up before them and questioned Jesus, "Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?"
  • John 18:19-21 : 19 The high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching. 20 Jesus answered him, 'I have spoken openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.' 21 'Why are you questioning me? Ask those who heard me speak about what I said to them. They know what I said.'
  • John 18:33-35 : 33 Then Pilate went back inside the governor’s headquarters, summoned Jesus, and asked him, 'Are you the King of the Jews?' 34 Jesus answered, 'Is that your own idea, or did others talk to you about me?' 35 Pilate replied, 'Am I a Jew? Your own people and the chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?'
  • Acts 6:13-14 : 13 They presented false witnesses who said, 'This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.' 14 For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs Moses handed down to us.

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  • 27Having brought the apostles, they made them appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest.

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    60Then the high priest stood up before them and questioned Jesus, "Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?"

    61But he remained silent and gave no answer. Again, the high priest asked him, "Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?"

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    62Then the high priest stood up and said to Him, "Are You not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against You?"

    63But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, "I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God."

  • 4But those standing near said, 'Are you insulting God's high priest?'

  • John 7:25-26
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    25Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, 'Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

    26Yet here He is speaking openly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Could it be that the authorities really have recognized that He is the Messiah?

  • Acts 6:12-13
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    12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes. They came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council.

    13They presented false witnesses who said, 'This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.'

  • 2Stephen replied: 'Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was living in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran.

  • 24When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this, they wondered what this might lead to.

  • 19The high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.

  • 63The high priest tore his clothes and said, "Why do we need any more witnesses?

  • 66At daybreak, the council of the elders of the people—both the chief priests and the teachers of the law—assembled, and they led Jesus to their council chamber.

  • Acts 4:6-7
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    6Also present were Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and others from the high-priestly family.

    7They brought them before them and asked, 'By what power or in whose name have you done this?'

  • John 7:45-46
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    45Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, 'Why didn’t you bring Him?'

    46The officers answered, 'Never has anyone spoken like this man!'

  • 20Or let these men here state what wrongdoing they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin.

  • 1Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.

  • 11The Jews were looking for Him at the festival and saying, 'Where is He?

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    21'Why are you questioning me? Ask those who heard me speak about what I said to them. They know what I said.'

    22When Jesus said this, one of the officers standing nearby struck him with his hand, saying, 'Is this how you answer the high priest?'

  • 51'Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he is doing?'

  • 1While they were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them.

  • 65Then the high priest tore his garments and said, "He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.

  • Luke 20:1-2
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    1One day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the scribes, together with the elders, came up to him.

    2They said to him, 'Tell us, by what authority you do these things? Or who gave you this authority?'

  • 3Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

  • 3The chief priests accused Him of many things, but He did not respond.

  • 9The Jews joined in the accusation, asserting that these things were true.

  • 47So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council and said, 'What are we going to do since this man is performing so many signs?'

  • 17Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, rose up and were filled with jealousy.

  • 20And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath,

  • 23When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, 'By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority?'

  • 32The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Him, so the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.

  • 7Jesus asked them again, 'Whom are you looking for?' And they said, 'Jesus the Nazarene.'

  • 57At this they covered their ears and, shouting at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him.

  • 21At daybreak, they entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.

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    27They came again to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, scribes, and elders came to him.

    28They asked him, 'By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you the authority to do this?'

  • 1The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • 1Now here is the main point: We have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens.

  • 2The chief priest and the leaders of the Jews brought charges against Paul and were urging Festus.

  • 35Then he said to them, 'Men of Israel, take care what you are about to do with these men.'

  • 57Those who had arrested Jesus took Him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had assembled.

  • 13For the one about whom these things are spoken belongs to a different tribe, one from which no one has ever served at the altar.

  • 15And this becomes even more evident if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,

  • 19But Peter and John replied, 'Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge.'