John 7:45

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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?”

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  • John 7:32 : 32 The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Jesus, so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
  • Acts 5:21-27 : 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 But the officers who came for them did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported, 23 “We found the jail locked securely and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside.” 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. 25 But someone came and reported to them,“Look! The men you put in prison are standing in the temple courts and teaching the people!” 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,

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    32The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Jesus, so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

  • John 7:46-48
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    46The officers replied,“No one ever spoke like this man!”

    47Then the Pharisees answered,“You haven’t been deceived too, have you?

    48None of the members of the ruling council or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they?

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

  • John 11:56-57
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    56Thus they were looking for Jesus, and saying to one another as they stood in the temple courts,“What do you think? That he won’t come to the feast?”

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

  • Acts 5:26-27
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    26Then 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).

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

  • John 11:46-47
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    46But some of them went to the Pharisees and reported to them what Jesus had done.

    47So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said,“What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs.

  • John 7:25-26
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    25Questions About Jesus’ Identity Then some of the residents of Jerusalem began to say,“Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

    26Yet 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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    11So the Jewish leaders were looking for him at the feast, asking,“Where is he?”

  • Acts 6:12
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    12They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

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    30So then they tried to seize Jesus, but no one laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come.

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    21When 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.

    22But the officers who came for them did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported,

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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

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    20(Jesus spoke these words near the offering box while he was teaching in the temple courts. No one seized him because his time had not yet come.)

  • Mark 11:27-28
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    27The 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

    28and said,“By what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?”

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    7Then Jesus asked them again,“Who are you looking for?” And they said,“Jesus the Nazarene.”

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    52Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders who had come out to get him,“Have you come out with swords and clubs like you would against an outlaw?

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    55At that moment Jesus said to the crowd,“Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? Day after day I sat teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me.

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    1Breaking Human Traditions Then Pharisees and experts in the law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and said,

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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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    29So Pilate came outside to them and said,“What accusation do you bring against this man?”

    30They replied,“If this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you.”

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    46Then they took hold of him and arrested him.

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    1Stephen’s Defense Before the Council Then the high priest said,“Are these things true?”

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    48Jesus said to them,“Have you come with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw?

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    35Pilate answered,“I am not a Jew, am I? Your own people and your chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?”

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    19Hasn’t Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill me?”

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    3Then the chief priests began to accuse him repeatedly.

  • Acts 5:24
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    24Now 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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    60Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus,“Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?”

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    36What did he mean by saying,‘You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come’?”

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    7So they replied that they did not know where it came from.