Acts 24:6

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He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him.

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  • John 18:31 : 31 Pilate told them,“Take him yourselves and pass judgment on him according to your own law!” The Jewish leaders replied,“We cannot legally put anyone to death.”
  • John 19:7-8 : 7 The Jewish leaders replied,“We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God!” 8 When Pilate heard what they said, he was more afraid than ever,
  • Acts 19:37 : 37 For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.
  • Acts 21:27-32 : 27 When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from the province of Asia who had seen him in the temple area stirred up the whole crowd and seized him, 28 shouting,“Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this sanctuary! Furthermore he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and made this holy place ritually unclean!” 29 (For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him previously, and they assumed Paul had brought him into the inner temple courts.) 30 The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts, and immediately the doors were shut. 31 While they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion. 32 He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When they saw the commanding officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
  • Acts 23:10-15 : 10 When the argument became so great the commanding officer feared that they would tear Paul to pieces, he ordered the detachment to go down, take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks. 11 The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said,“Have courage, for just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.” 12 The Plot to Kill Paul When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul. 13 There were more than forty of them who formed this conspiracy. 14 They went to the chief priests and the elders and said,“We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to partake of anything until we have killed Paul. 15 So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place.”
  • Acts 24:12 : 12 They did not find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd in the temple courts or in the synagogues or throughout the city,
  • Acts 22:23 : 23 While they were screaming and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust in the air,

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    11Then they secretly instigated some men to say,“We have heard this man speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.”

    12They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

    13They brought forward false witnesses who said,“This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law.

    14For we have heard him saying that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”

  • Acts 24:5
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    5For we have found this man to be a troublemaker, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

  • Acts 16:20-22
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    20When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said,“These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews

    21and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us to accept or practice, since we are Romans.”

    22The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

  • Acts 24:8-9
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    8When you examine him yourself, you will be able to learn from him about all these things we are accusing him of doing.”

    9The Jews also joined in the verbal attack, claiming that these things were true.

  • Acts 23:14-15
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    14They went to the chief priests and the elders and said,“We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to partake of anything until we have killed Paul.

    15So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place.”

  • Acts 23:27-29
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    27This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, when I came up with the detachment and rescued him, because I had learned that he was a Roman citizen.

    28Since I wanted to know what charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down to their council.

    29I found he was accused with reference to controversial questions about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment.

  • Acts 21:27-31
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    27When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from the province of Asia who had seen him in the temple area stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

    28shouting,“Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this sanctuary! Furthermore he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and made this holy place ritually unclean!”

    29(For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him previously, and they assumed Paul had brought him into the inner temple courts.)

    30The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts, and immediately the doors were shut.

    31While they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

  • Acts 25:15-17
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    15When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.

    16I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to hand over anyone before the accused had met his accusers face to face and had been given an opportunity to make a defense against the accusation.

    17So after they came back here with me, I did not postpone the case, but the next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered the man to be brought.

  • John 18:30-31
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    30They replied,“If this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you.”

    31Pilate told them,“Take him yourselves and pass judgment on him according to your own law!” The Jewish leaders replied,“We cannot legally put anyone to death.”

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    40For we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, since there is no cause we can give to explain this disorderly gathering.”

  • Luke 24:20
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    20and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

  • Luke 23:14
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    14and said to them,“You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. When I examined him before you, I did not find this man guilty of anything you accused him of doing.

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    21For this reason the Jews, after they seized me while I was in the temple courts, were trying to kill me.

  • Acts 24:18-20
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    18which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified, without a crowd or a disturbance.

    19But there are some Jews from the province of Asia who should be here before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.

    20Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,

  • Acts 22:24
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    24the commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way.

  • Acts 28:17
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  • Acts 18:13
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    13saying,“This man is persuading people to worship God in a way contrary to the law!”

  • Acts 24:12
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    12They did not find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd in the temple courts or in the synagogues or throughout the city,

  • Matt 28:14
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    14If this matter is heard before the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”

  • Acts 5:27-28
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    27When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,

    28saying,“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name. Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood on us!”

  • Mark 14:46
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    46Then they took hold of him and arrested him.

  • John 18:12
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    12Jesus Before Annas Then the squad of soldiers with their commanding officer and the officers of the Jewish leaders arrested Jesus and tied him up.

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    30Paul Before the Sanhedrin The next day, because the commanding officer wanted to know the true reason Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole council to assemble. He then brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

  • Luke 23:19
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    19(This was a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city, and for murder.)

  • Acts 24:2
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    2When Paul had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying,“We have experienced a lengthy time of peace through your rule, and reforms are being made in this nation through your foresight.

  • John 11:48
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    48If 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.”

  • Acts 23:20
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    20He replied,“The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as if they were going to inquire more thoroughly about him.

  • John 7:44
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    44Some of them were wanting to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.

  • Luke 23:2
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    2They began to accuse him, saying,“We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king.”

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    66When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. Then they led Jesus away to their council