2 Kings 1:11
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11 Then he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty men.
And he answered and said to him: “Man of God, thus has the king said, ‘Come down quickly!’ ”
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Acts 4:16-17
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16 saying, (A)“What shall we do to these men? For, indeed, that a [a]notable miracle has been done through them is (B)evident[b] to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. 17 But so that it spreads no further among the people, let us severely threaten them, that from now on they speak to no man in this name.”
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John 18:5-12
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5 They answered Him, (A)“Jesus [a]of Nazareth.”
Jesus said to them, “I am He.” And Judas, who (B)betrayed Him, also stood with them. 6 Now when He said to them, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.
7 Then He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?”
And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”
8 Jesus answered, “I have told you that I am He. Therefore, if you seek Me, let these go their way,” 9 that the saying might be fulfilled which He spoke, (C)“Of those whom You gave Me I have lost none.”
10 (D)Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.
11 So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into the sheath. Shall I not drink (E)the cup which My Father has given Me?”
Before the High Priest
12 Then the detachment of troops and the captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound Him.
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- John 18:5 Lit. the Nazarene
Luke 22:63-64
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Jesus Mocked and Beaten(A)
63 (B)Now the men who held Jesus mocked Him and (C)beat Him. 64 [a]And having blindfolded Him, they (D)struck Him on the face and asked Him, saying, “Prophesy! Who is the one who struck You?”
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- Luke 22:64 NU And having blindfolded Him, they asked Him
Matthew 2:16
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Massacre of the Innocents
16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men.
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Jeremiah 5:3
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3 O Lord, are not (A)Your eyes on the truth?
You have (B)stricken them,
But they have not grieved;
You have consumed them,
But (C)they have refused to receive correction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to return.
Isaiah 32:7
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7 Also the schemes of the schemer are evil;
He devises wicked plans
To destroy the poor with (A)lying words,
Even when the needy speaks justice.
Isaiah 26:11
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11 Lord, when Your hand is lifted up, (A)they will not see.
But they will see and be ashamed
For [a]their envy of people;
Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.
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- Isaiah 26:11 Or Your zeal for the people
Proverbs 29:12
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12 If a ruler pays attention to lies,
All his servants become wicked.
1 Samuel 22:17-19
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17 Then the king said to the guards who stood about him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled and did not tell it to me.” But the servants of the king (A)would not lift their hands to strike the priests of the Lord. 18 And the king said to Doeg, “You turn and kill the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite turned and [a]struck the priests, and (B)killed on that day eighty-five men who wore a linen ephod. 19 (C)Also Nob, the city of the priests, he struck with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing infants, oxen and donkeys and sheep—with the edge of the sword.
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- 1 Samuel 22:18 attacked
1 Samuel 6:9
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9 And watch: if it goes up the road to its own territory, to (A)Beth Shemesh, then He has done [a]us this great evil. But if not, then (B)we shall know that it is not His hand that struck us—it happened to us by chance.”
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- 1 Samuel 6:9 this calamity to us
Numbers 16:41
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Complaints of the People
41 On the next day (A)all the congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the people of the Lord.”
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