Verse 15

Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would inquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 37:32-33 : 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. 33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
• Isa 59:7 : 7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
• Acts 22:30-23:1 : 30 On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was cused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them. 1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
• Acts 25:3 : 3 And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
• Rom 3:14-16 : 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood: 16 Destruction and misery are in their ways:
• Prov 1:11-12 : 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk ivily for the innocent without cause: 12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
• Prov 1:16 : 16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
• Prov 4:16 : 16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
• Ps 21:11 : 11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.