Acts 1:20
“For it is written in the book of Psalms,‘Let his house become deserted, and let there be no one to live in it,’ and‘Let another take his position of responsibility.’
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- Ps 69:25 : 25 May their camp become desolate, their tents uninhabited!
- Ps 109:8-9 : 8 May his days be few! May another take his job! 9 May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow! 10 May his children roam around begging, asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home! 11 May the creditor seize all he owns! May strangers loot his property! 12 May no one show him kindness! May no one have compassion on his fatherless children! 13 May his descendants be cut off! May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives! 14 May his ancestors’ sins be remembered by the LORD! May his mother’s sin not be forgotten! 15 May the LORD be constantly aware of them, and cut off the memory of his children from the earth!
- Zech 5:3-4 : 3 The speaker went on to say,“This is a curse traveling across the whole earth. For example, according to the curse whoever steals will be removed from the community; or on the other hand(according to the curse) whoever swears falsely will suffer the same fate.” 4 “I will send it out,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“and it will enter the house of the thief and of the person who swears falsely in my name. It will land in the middle of his house and destroy both timber and stones.”
- Luke 20:42 : 42 For David himself says in the book of Psalms,‘The Lord said to my lord,“Sit at my right hand,
- Luke 24:44 : 44 Jesus’ Final Commission Then he said to them,“These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.”
- Acts 1:25 : 25 to assume the task of this service and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”
- Acts 13:33 : 33 that this promise God has fulfilled to us, their children, by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second psalm,‘You are my Son; today I have fathered you.’
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- Ps 109:6-105 verses77%
6 Appoint an evil man to testify against him! May an accuser stand at his right side!
7 When he is judged, he will be found guilty! Then his prayer will be regarded as sinful.
8 May his days be few! May another take his job!
9 May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow!
10 May his children roam around begging, asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home!
- Acts 1:25-262 verses74%
25 to assume the task of this service and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”
26 Then they cast lots for them, and the one chosen was Matthias; so he was counted with the eleven apostles.
- Acts 1:16-194 verses73%
16 “Brothers, the scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through David concerning Judas– who became the guide for those who arrested Jesus–
17 for he was counted as one of us and received a share in this ministry.”
18 (Now this man Judas acquired a field with the reward of his unjust deed, and falling headfirst he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.
19 This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so that in their own language they called that field Hakeldama, that is,“Field of Blood.”)
- Acts 1:21-222 verses72%
21 Thus one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time the Lord Jesus associated with us,
22 beginning from his baptism by John until the day he was taken up from us– one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us.”
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25 May their camp become desolate, their tents uninhabited!
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22 The Roman Commander Questions Paul The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted,“Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!”
- Luke 20:15-173 verses69%
15 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
16 He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” When the people heard this, they said,“May this never happen!”
17 But Jesus looked straight at them and said,“Then what is the meaning of that which is written:‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?
- Mark 12:8-103 verses68%
8 So they seized him, killed him, and threw his body out of the vineyard.
9 What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.
10 Have you not read this scripture:‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
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14 For we have heard him saying that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”
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29 They got up, forced him out of the town, and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.
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42 For David himself says in the book of Psalms,‘The Lord said to my lord,“Sit at my right hand,
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34 For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says,‘The Lord said to my lord,“Sit at my right hand
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39 So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
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11 They say,“God has abandoned him. Run and seize him, for there is no one who will rescue him!”
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11 This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone.
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48 If we allow him to go on in this way, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away our sanctuary and our nation.”
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28 he lived in ruined towns and in houses where no one lives, where they are ready to crumble into heaps.
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14 and here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison all who call on your name!”
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58 When they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.
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10 and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.”
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23 this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles.
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35 Therefore he also says in another psalm,‘You will not permit your Holy One to experience decay.’
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20 But Peter said to him,“May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could acquire God’s gift with money!
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1 And Saul agreed completely with killing him. Saul Begins to Persecute the ChurchNow on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.
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9 And David says,“Let their table become a snare and trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them;
- Acts 20:28-292 verses66%
28 Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.
29 I know that after I am gone fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.
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11 Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and you will be blind, unable to see the sun for a time!” Immediately mistiness and darkness came over him, and he went around seeking people to lead him by the hand.
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16 because they hinder us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they constantly fill up their measure of sins, but wrath has come upon them completely.
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27 “For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,
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41 They said to him,“He will utterly destroy those evil men! Then he will lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his portion at the harvest.”
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36 for a crowd of people followed them, screaming,“Away with him!”
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43 For this reason I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
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15 May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.
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19 I will remove you from your office; you will be thrown down from your position.
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20 When they had finished mocking him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.
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15 The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written,