Verse 16

At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me– may they not be held accountable for it.

Referenced Verses

  • Acts 7:60 : 60 Then he fell to his knees and cried out with a loud voice,“Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he died.
  • Acts 22:1 : 1 Paul’s Defense“Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense that I now make to you.”
  • Acts 25:16 : 16 I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to hand over anyone before the accused had met his accusers face to face and had been given an opportunity to make a defense against the accusation.
  • 1 Cor 9:3 : 3 This is my defense to those who examine me.
  • 2 Cor 7:11 : 11 For see what this very thing, this sadness as God intended, has produced in you: what eagerness, what defense of yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what deep concern, what punishment! In everything you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
  • Phil 1:7 : 7 For it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace together with me.
  • Phil 1:17 : 17 The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, because they think they can cause trouble for me in my imprisonment.
  • 2 Tim 1:15 : 15 You know that everyone in the province of Asia deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
  • 2 Tim 4:10 : 10 For Demas deserted me, since he loved the present age, and he went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia.
  • 1 Pet 3:15 : 15 But set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess.
  • Ps 31:11-13 : 11 Because of all my enemies, people disdain me; my neighbors are appalled by my suffering– those who know me are horrified by my condition; those who see me in the street run away from me. 12 I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar. 13 For I hear what so many are saying, the terrifying news that comes from every direction. When they plot together against me, they figure out how they can take my life.
  • Mark 14:50 : 50 Then all the disciples left him and fled.
  • John 16:32 : 32 Look, a time is coming– and has come– when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, and I will be left alone. Yet I am not alone, because my Father is with me.