John 8:59
Then they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus was hidden from them and went out from the temple area.
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- John 11:8 : 8 The disciples replied,“Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just now trying to stone you to death! Are you going there again?”
- Lev 24:16 : 16 and one who misuses the name of the LORD must surely be put to death. The whole congregation must surely stone him, whether he is a resident foreigner or a native citizen; when he misuses the Name he must be put to death.
- John 10:30-33 : 30 The Father and I are one.” 31 The Jewish leaders picked up rocks again to stone him to death. 32 Jesus said to them,“I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?” 33 The Jewish leaders replied,“We are not going to stone you for a good deed but for blasphemy, because you, a man, are claiming to be God.”
- John 10:39-40 : 39 Then they attempted again to seize him, but he escaped their clutches. 40 Jesus went back across the Jordan River again to the place where John had been baptizing at an earlier time, and he stayed there.
- Gen 19:11 : 11 Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, from the youngest to the oldest, with blindness. The men outside wore themselves out trying to find the door.
- 2 Kgs 6:18-20 : 18 As they approached him, Elisha prayed to the LORD,“Strike these people with blindness.” The LORD struck them with blindness as Elisha requested. 19 Then Elisha said to them,“This is not the right road or city. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man you’re looking for.” He led them to Samaria. 20 When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said,“O LORD, open their eyes, so they can see.” The LORD opened their eyes and they saw that they were in the middle of Samaria.
- Luke 4:29-30 : 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. 30 But he passed through the crowd and went on his way.
- Luke 24:31 : 31 At this point their eyes were opened and they recognized him. Then he vanished out of their sight.
- John 5:13 : 13 But the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped out, since there was a crowd in that place.
- John 8:5-6 : 5 In the law Moses commanded us to stone to death such women. What then do you say?” 6 (Now they were asking this in an attempt to trap him, so that they could bring charges against him.) Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger.
- John 11:54 : 54 Thus Jesus no longer went around publicly among the Judeans, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples.
- John 12:36 : 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light.” When Jesus had said these things, he went away and hid himself from them.
- 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.”
- Acts 7:57 : 57 But they covered their ears, shouting out with a loud voice, and rushed at him with one intent.
- Acts 8:39-40 : 39 Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any more, but went on his way rejoicing. 40 Philip, however, found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through the area, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
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- Luke 4:29-302 verses80%
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.
30 But he passed through the crowd and went on his way.
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39 Then they attempted again to seize him, but he escaped their clutches.
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8 The disciples replied,“Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just now trying to stone you to death! Are you going there again?”
- John 8:20-212 verses76%
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.)
21 Where Jesus Came From and Where He is Going Then Jesus said to them again,“I am going away, and you will look for me but will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come.”
- John 10:31-333 verses76%
31 The Jewish leaders picked up rocks again to stone him to death.
32 Jesus said to them,“I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?”
33 The Jewish leaders replied,“We are not going to stone you for a good deed but for blasphemy, because you, a man, are claiming to be God.”
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58 Jesus said to them,“I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!”
- John 8:5-95 verses72%
5 In the law Moses commanded us to stone to death such women. What then do you say?”
6 (Now they were asking this in an attempt to trap him, so that they could bring charges against him.) Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger.
7 When they persisted in asking him, he stood up straight and replied,“Whoever among you is guiltless may be the first to throw a stone at her.”
8 Then he bent over again and wrote on the ground.
9 Now when they heard this, they began to drift away one at a time, starting with the older ones, until Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.
- John 18:4-85 verses71%
4 Then Jesus, because he knew everything that was going to happen to him, came and asked them,“Who are you looking for?”
5 They replied,“Jesus the Nazarene.” He told them,“I am he.”(Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, was standing there with them.)
6 So when Jesus said to them,“I am he,” they retreated and fell to the ground.
7 Then Jesus asked them again,“Who are you looking for?” And they said,“Jesus the Nazarene.”
8 Jesus replied,“I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, let these men go.”
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30 So then they tried to seize Jesus, but no one laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come.
- Mark 14:48-492 verses71%
48 Jesus said to them,“Have you come with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw?
49 Day after day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me. But this has happened so that the scriptures would be fulfilled.”
- John 8:1-22 verses71%
1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
2 Early in the morning he came to the temple courts again. All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach them.
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45 Cleansing the Temple Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling things there,
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1 The Destruction of the Temple Now as Jesus was going out of the temple courts and walking away, his disciples came to show him the temple buildings.
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55 At 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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57 But they covered their ears, shouting out with a loud voice, and rushed at him with one intent.
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44 Some of them were wanting to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.
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15 Then Jesus, because he knew they were going to come and seize him by force to make him king, withdrew again up the mountainside alone.
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12 Now they wanted to arrest him(but they feared the crowd), because they realized that he told this parable against them. So they left him and went away.
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8 So they seized him, killed him, and threw his body out of the vineyard.
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54 Thus Jesus no longer went around publicly among the Judeans, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples.
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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.
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1 The Feast of Shelters After this Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He stayed out of Judea because the Jewish leaders wanted to kill him.
- Mark 14:52-532 verses69%
52 but he ran off naked, leaving his linen cloth behind.
53 Condemned by the Sanhedrin Then they led Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and experts in the law came together.
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16 and he would not permit anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.
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14 Teaching in the Temple When the feast was half over, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.
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39 So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
- John 11:56-572 verses69%
56 Thus 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.)
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34 They replied,“You were born completely in sinfulness, and yet you presume to teach us?” So they threw him out.
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19 When evening came, Jesus and his disciples went out of the city.
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3 But those tenants seized his slave, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.
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18 So then the Jewish leaders responded,“What sign can you show us, since you are doing these things?”
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11 So the Jewish leaders were looking for him at the feast, asking,“Where is he?”
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46 They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowds regarded him as a prophet.
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35 Then the Jewish leaders said to one another,“Where is he going to go that we cannot find him? He is not going to go to the Jewish people dispersed among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he?