Acts 5:33

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Now when they heard this, they became furious and wanted to execute them.

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  • Acts 2:37 : 37 The Response to Peter’s Address Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles,“What should we do, brothers?”
  • Acts 7:54 : 54 Stephen is Killed When they heard these things, they became furious and ground their teeth at him.
  • Acts 9:23 : 23 Saul’s Escape from Damascus Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him,
  • Acts 22:22 : 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!”
  • Gen 4:5-8 : 5 but with Cain and his offering he was not pleased. So Cain became very angry, and his expression was downcast. 6 Then the LORD said to Cain,“Why are you angry, and why is your expression downcast? 7 Is it not true that if you do what is right, you will be fine? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. It desires to dominate you, but you must subdue it.” 8 Cain said to his brother Abel,“Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
  • Ps 37:12-15 : 12 Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them. 13 The Lord laughs in disgust at them, for he knows that their day is coming. 14 Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly. 15 Their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
  • Ps 37:32-33 : 32 Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them. 33 But the LORD does not surrender the godly, or allow them to be condemned in a court of law.
  • Ps 64:2-8 : 2 Hide me from the plots of evil men, from the crowd of evildoers. 3 They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge, 4 in order to shoot down the innocent in secluded places. They shoot at him suddenly and are unafraid of retaliation. 5 They encourage one another to carry out their evil deed. They plan how to hide snares, and boast,“Who will see them?” 6 They devise unjust schemes; they disguise a well-conceived plot. Man’s inner thoughts cannot be discovered. 7 But God will shoot at them; suddenly they will be wounded by an arrow. 8 Their slander will bring about their demise. All who see them will shudder,
  • Matt 10:21 : 21 “Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.
  • Matt 10:25 : 25 It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house‘Beelzebul,’ how much worse will they call the members of his household!
  • Matt 23:34-35 : 34 “For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town, 35 so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on 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 24:9 : 9 Persecution of Disciples“Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of my name.
  • Luke 4:28-29 : 28 When they heard this, all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage. 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.
  • Luke 6:11 : 11 But they were filled with mindless rage and began debating with one another what they would do to Jesus.
  • Luke 11:50-54 : 50 so that this generation may be held accountable for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world, 51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation. 52 Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken away the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered those who were going in.” 53 When he went out from there, the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, and to ask him hostile questions about many things, 54 plotting against him, to catch him in something he might say.
  • Luke 19:45-48 : 45 Cleansing the Temple Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling things there, 46 saying to them,“It is written,‘My house will be a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of robbers!” 47 Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him, 48 but they could not find a way to do it, for all the people hung on his words.
  • Luke 20:19 : 19 Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.
  • John 15:20 : 20 Remember what I told you,‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours too.
  • John 16:2 : 2 They will put you out of the synagogue, yet a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God.

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  • 54 Stephen is Killed When they heard these things, they became furious and ground their teeth at him.

  • 37 The Response to Peter’s Address Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles,“What should we do, brothers?”

  • Acts 5:34-35
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    34 But a Pharisee whose name was Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the council and ordered the men to be put outside for a short time.

    35 Then he said to the council,“Men of Israel, pay close attention to what you are about to do to these men.

  • Acts 5:26-29
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    26 Then the commander of the temple guard went with the officers and brought the apostles without the use of force(for they were afraid of being stoned by the people).

    27 When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,

    28 saying,“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!”

    29 But Peter and the apostles replied,“We must obey God rather than people.

  • Acts 4:14-19
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    14 And because they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against this.

    15 But when they had ordered them to go outside the council, they began to confer with one another,

    16 saying,“What should we do with these men? For it is plain to all who live in Jerusalem that a notable miraculous sign has come about through them, and we cannot deny it.

    17 But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name.”

    18 And they called them in and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

    19 But Peter and John replied,“Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,

  • Acts 6:10-12
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    10 Yet they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

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

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

  • 57 But they covered their ears, shouting out with a loud voice, and rushed at him with one intent.

  • Acts 5:40-41
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    40 and they summoned the apostles and had them beaten. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.

    41 So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.

  • Acts 5:17-18
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    17 Further Trouble for the Apostles Now the high priest rose up, and all those with him(that is, the religious party of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.

    18 They laid hands on the apostles and put them in a public jail.

  • Acts 14:4-5
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    4 But the population of the city was divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

    5 When both the Gentiles and the Jews(together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,

  • 21 When they heard this, they entered the temple courts at daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin– that is, the whole high council of the Israelites– and sent to the jail to have the apostles brought before them.

  • 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!”

  • 2 (When they heard that he was addressing them in Aramaic, they became even quieter.) Then Paul said,

  • Acts 4:7-8
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    7 After making Peter and John stand in their midst, they began to inquire,“By what power or by what name did you do this?”

    8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, replied,“Rulers of the people and elders,

  • 22 The 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 4:1-3
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    1 The Arrest and Trial of Peter and John While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the commander of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

    2 angry because they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

    3 So they seized them and put them in jail until the next day(for it was already evening).

  • 23 Saul’s Escape from Damascus Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him,

  • Luke 4:28-29
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    28 When they heard this, all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage.

    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.

  • 15 All who were sitting in the council looked intently at Stephen and saw his face was like the face of an angel.

  • 11 Great fear gripped the whole church and all who heard about these things.

  • 53 So from that day they planned together to kill him.

  • 21 After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising God for what had happened.

  • 24 Now when the commander of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this report, they were greatly puzzled concerning it, wondering what this could be.

  • 5 When Ananias heard these words he collapsed and died, and great fear gripped all who heard about it.

  • 23 The Followers of Jesus Pray for Boldness When they were released, Peter and John went to their fellow believers and reported everything the high priests and the elders had said to them.

  • 5 On the next day, their rulers, elders, and experts in the law came together in Jerusalem.

  • 32 And we are witnesses of these events, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.”

  • 15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people,

  • 4 They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

  • 20 And when the blood of your witness Stephen was shed, I myself was standing nearby, approving, and guarding the cloaks of those who were killing him.’

  • 6 Both the apostles and the elders met together to deliberate about this matter.

  • 14 Peter’s Address on the Day of Pentecost But Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them:“You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say.