John 8:59

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So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and left the temple, passing through the midst of them, and went on his way.

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  • John 11:8 : 8 The disciples said to him, 'Rabbi, just now the Jews were trying to stone you, and you're going back there again?'
  • Lev 24:16 : 16 Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death. The entire assembly shall stone him. Whether a foreigner or a native-born, if he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.
  • John 10:30-33 : 30 I and the Father are one. 31 Again, the Jews picked up stones to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, 'I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these works are you stoning me?' 33 The Jews answered him, 'We are not stoning you for a good work, but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.'
  • John 10:39-40 : 39 Once again they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp. 40 Then he went back across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing earlier, and he remained there.
  • Gen 19:11 : 11 Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, both young and old, with blindness so that they could not find the doorway.
  • 2 Kgs 6:18-20 : 18 As the enemy came down toward him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, "Please strike this army with blindness." So He struck them with blindness, as Elisha had requested. 19 Then Elisha said to them, "This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man you are looking for." And he led them to Samaria. 20 When they entered Samaria, Elisha said, "LORD, open the eyes of these men so they can see." The LORD opened their eyes, and they looked and realized they were inside Samaria.
  • Luke 4:29-30 : 29 They got up, drove Him out of the town, and took Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him off the cliff. 30 But He walked right through the crowd and went on His way.
  • Luke 24:31 : 31 Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he disappeared from their sight.
  • John 5:13 : 13 But the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.
  • John 8:5-6 : 5 In the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?" 6 They said this to test him, so they might have grounds to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down and began writing on the ground with his finger.
  • John 11:54 : 54 Jesus, therefore, no longer walked openly among the Jews, but departed from there to the countryside near the wilderness, to a village called Ephraim. And he stayed there with his disciples.
  • John 12:36 : 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light." Jesus said this, then went away and was hidden from them.
  • John 18:31 : 31 Pilate told them, 'Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.' 'It’s not lawful for us to put anyone to death,' the Jewish leaders replied.
  • Acts 7:57 : 57 At this they covered their ears and, shouting at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him.
  • Acts 8:39-40 : 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. 40 Philip, however, was found at Azotus, and as he traveled, he preached the good news in all the towns until he reached Caesarea.

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  • Luke 4:29-30
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    80%

    29They got up, drove Him out of the town, and took Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him off the cliff.

    30But He walked right through the crowd and went on His way.

  • John 10:39
    77%

    39Once again they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp.

  • John 11:8
    77%

    8The disciples said to him, 'Rabbi, just now the Jews were trying to stone you, and you're going back there again?'

  • John 8:20-21
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    76%

    20He spoke these words while teaching in the temple treasury. Yet no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.

    21Then he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come."

  • John 10:31-33
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    76%

    31Again, the Jews picked up stones to stone him.

    32Jesus answered them, 'I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these works are you stoning me?'

    33The Jews answered him, 'We are not stoning you for a good work, but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.'

  • John 8:58
    72%

    58Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.

  • John 8:5-9
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    5In the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?"

    6They said this to test him, so they might have grounds to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down and began writing on the ground with his finger.

    7When they kept pressing him for an answer, he straightened up and said to them, "Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her."

    8Then he stooped down again and continued writing on the ground.

    9When they heard this, they began to leave one by one, starting with the older ones, until only Jesus was left with the woman standing there.

  • John 18:4-8
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    4Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to him, went out and asked them, 'Whom are you looking for?'

    5They answered him, 'Jesus the Nazarene.' Jesus said to them, 'I am he.' Judas, the one who betrayed him, was standing with them.

    6When Jesus said to them, 'I am he,' they stepped back and fell to the ground.

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

    8Jesus answered, 'I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, let these men go.'

  • John 7:30
    71%

    30They tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him because His hour had not yet come.

  • Mark 14:48-49
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    48Jesus said to them, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to capture me as if I were a robber?

    49Every day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest me. But this has happened so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled."

  • John 8:1-2
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    1Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

    2Early in the morning, he came again to the temple, and all the people were coming to him. He sat down and began teaching them.

  • Luke 19:45
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    45Then he entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling and buying there.

  • Matt 24:1
    71%

    1As Jesus was leaving the temple and walking away, his disciples came to him to show him the temple buildings.

  • Matt 26:55
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    55At that time, Jesus said to the crowd, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as if I were a robber? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.

  • Acts 7:57
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    57At this they covered their ears and, shouting at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him.

  • John 7:44
    70%

    44But some of them wanted to seize Him, yet no one laid a hand on Him.

  • John 6:15
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    15Knowing that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

  • Mark 12:12
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    12They sought to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because they understood that he had spoken the parable against them. So they left him and went away.

  • Mark 12:8
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    8So they took him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

  • John 11:54
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    54Jesus, therefore, no longer walked openly among the Jews, but departed from there to the countryside near the wilderness, to a village called Ephraim. And he stayed there with his disciples.

  • Acts 6:12
    69%

    12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes. They came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council.

  • John 7:1
    69%

    1After this, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for He did not want to walk in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill Him.

  • Mark 14:52-53
    2 verses
    69%

    52he fled naked, leaving his garment behind.

    53They took Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests, the elders, and the teachers of the law came together.

  • Mark 11:16
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    16He would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple.

  • John 7:14
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    14About halfway through the festival, Jesus went up to the temple and began teaching.

  • Matt 21:39
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    39So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

  • John 11:56-57
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    56So they were looking for Jesus and were saying to one another as they stood in the temple, 'What do you think? Will he not come to the feast at all?'

    57Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, they should report it so that they could arrest him.

  • John 9:34
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    34They answered him, 'You were born entirely in sin, and you are teaching us?' And they threw him out.

  • Mark 11:19
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    19When evening came, they went out of the city.

  • Mark 12:3
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    3But they seized him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

  • John 2:18
    68%

    18So the Jews responded to Him, 'What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do all this?'

  • John 7:11
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    11The Jews were looking for Him at the festival and saying, 'Where is He?

  • Matt 21:46
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    46Although they were looking for a way to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded him as a prophet.

  • John 7:35
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    35At this, the Jews said to one another, 'Where does this man intend to go that we will not be able to find Him? Does He plan to go to the dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?