Acts 7:1
Stephen’s Defense Before the Council Then the high priest said,“Are these things true?”
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- Matt 26:61-62 : 61 and declared,“This man said,‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’” 62 So the high priest stood up and said to him,“Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?”
- Mark 14:58-60 : 58 “We heard him say,‘I will destroy this temple made with hands and in three days build another not made with hands.’” 59 Yet even on this point their testimony did not agree. 60 Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus,“Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?”
- John 18:19-21 : 19 Jesus Questioned by Annas While this was happening, the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching. 20 Jesus replied,“I have spoken publicly to the world. I always taught in the synagogues and in the temple courts, where all the Jewish people assemble together. I have said nothing in secret. 21 Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard what I said. They know what I said.”
- John 18:33-35 : 33 Pilate Questions Jesus So Pilate went back into the governor’s residence, summoned Jesus, and asked him,“Are you the king of the Jews?” 34 Jesus replied,“Are you saying this on your own initiative, or have others told you about me?” 35 Pilate answered,“I am not a Jew, am I? Your own people and your chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?”
- Acts 6:13-14 : 13 They brought forward false witnesses who said,“This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law. 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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27 When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,
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60 Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus,“Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?”
61 But he was silent and did not answer. Again the high priest questioned him,“Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”
- Matt 26:62-632 verses76%
62 So the high priest stood up and said to him,“Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?”
63 But Jesus was silent. The high priest said to him,“I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.”
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4 Those standing near him said,“Do you dare insult God’s high priest?”
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25 Questions About Jesus’ Identity Then some of the residents of Jerusalem began to say,“Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
26 Yet here he is, speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to him. Do the ruling authorities really know that this man is the Christ?
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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.
13 They brought forward false witnesses who said,“This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law.
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2 So he replied,“Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God of glory appeared to our forefather Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,
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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.
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19 Jesus Questioned by Annas While this was happening, the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.
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63 Then the high priest tore his clothes and said,“Why do we still need witnesses?
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66 When 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
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6 Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and others who were members of the high priest’s family.
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45 Lack of Belief Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them,“Why didn’t you bring him back with you?”
46 The officers replied,“No one ever spoke like this man!”
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20 Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,
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1 Paul’s Defense“Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense that I now make to you.”
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11 So the Jewish leaders were looking for him at the feast, asking,“Where is he?”
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21 Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard what I said. They know what I said.”
22 When Jesus had said this, one of the high priest’s officers who stood nearby struck him on the face and said,“Is that the way you answer the high priest?”
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51 “Our law doesn’t condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?”
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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,
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65 Then the high priest tore his clothes and declared,“He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Now you have heard the blasphemy!
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1 The Authority of Jesus Now one day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and the experts in the law with the elders came up
2 and said to him,“Tell us: By what authority are you doing these things? Or who is it who gave you this authority?”
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3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.
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3 Then the chief priests began to accuse him repeatedly.
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9 The Jews also joined in the verbal attack, claiming that these things were true.
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47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said,“What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs.
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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.
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20 And since this was not done without a sworn affirmation– for the others have become priests without a sworn affirmation,
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23 The Authority of Jesus Now after Jesus entered the temple courts, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said,“By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”
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32 The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Jesus, so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
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7 Then Jesus asked them again,“Who are you looking for?” And they said,“Jesus the Nazarene.”
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57 But they covered their ears, shouting out with a loud voice, and rushed at him with one intent.
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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.
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27 The Authority of Jesus They came again to Jerusalem. While Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the experts in the law, and the elders came up to him
28 and said,“By what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?”
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1 The End Arrives The LORD’s message came to me:
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2 So the chief priests and the most prominent men of the Jews brought formal charges against Paul to him.
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35 Then he said to the council,“Men of Israel, pay close attention to what you are about to do to these men.
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57 Condemned by the Sanhedrin Now the ones who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, in whose house the experts in the law and the elders had gathered.
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13 Yet the one these things are spoken about belongs to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever officiated at the altar.
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15 And this is even clearer if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,
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19 But Peter and John replied,“Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,