James 5:6

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You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, who does not resist you.

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  • Luke 22:51-53 : 51 But Jesus responded, "No more of this!" And he touched the man's ear and healed him. 52 Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders, who had come for him, "Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs? 53 Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour—when darkness reigns."
  • John 16:2-3 : 2 They will ban you from the synagogue. But the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God. 3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me.
  • John 19:9-9 : 9 He went back into the governor's palace and asked Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave him no answer. 10 Pilate said to him, "Are you not speaking to me? Do you not know that I have the authority to crucify you and the authority to release you?" 11 Jesus answered, "You would have no authority over me unless it had been given to you from above. Therefore, the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.
  • Acts 2:22-23 : 22 Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with miracles, wonders, and signs that God did through Him among you, as you yourselves know— 23 He was delivered up by God’s determined plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.
  • Acts 3:14-15 : 14 You denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you. 15 You killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. We are witnesses of this.
  • Acts 4:10-12 : 10 'let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that it is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.' 11 'This is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which has become the cornerstone.' 12 'And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among humanity by which we must be saved.'
  • Acts 7:52 : 52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have betrayed and murdered him—
  • Acts 8:32 : 32 The passage of Scripture he was reading was this: 'Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.'
  • Acts 13:27-28 : 27 The people living in Jerusalem and their rulers, not recognizing Him or the words of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning Him. 28 Though they found no basis for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.
  • Acts 22:14 : 14 Then he said, 'The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know His will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear words from His mouth.
  • 1 Thess 2:15-16 : 15 They killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and they drove us out. They do not please God and are hostile to everyone. 16 They forbid us to speak to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. In this way, they constantly fill up the measure of their sins. But the wrath of God has come upon them fully.
  • Heb 10:38 : 38 But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he draws back, My soul will have no pleasure in him.
  • Jas 2:6 : 6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you and drag you into court?
  • Jas 4:2 : 2 You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.
  • 1 Pet 2:22-23 : 22 He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth. 23 When He was reviled, He did not revile in return. When He suffered, He did not threaten, but entrusted Himself to the One who judges justly.
  • Isa 53:7 : 7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
  • Matt 5:39 : 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other also.
  • Matt 21:38 : 38 But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance!'
  • Matt 23:34-35 : 34 Therefore, look, I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, 35 so that upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
  • Matt 26:53-54 : 53 Do you not think I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels? 54 But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen in this way?
  • Matt 27:20 : 20 But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.
  • Matt 27:24-25 : 24 When Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, 'I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves.' 25 And all the people answered, 'His blood be on us and on our children!'

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