²² Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him”—that he might rescue him out of their hand and restore him to his father.

James Killed and Peter Imprisoned

12 About that time King Herod laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church.

Pilate Hands Jesus Over to Be Crucified

²⁴ So when Pilate saw that he could do nothing but rather that a riot was beginning, he took some water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood;^[a] see to it yourselves.”^(A)

⁹ But you shall surely kill them; your own hand shall be first against them to execute them and afterward the hand of all the people.^(A)

¹¹ God^[a] did not lay his hand on the chief men of the Israelites; they beheld God, and they ate and drank.

²² Then Reuben answered them, “Did I not tell you not to wrong the boy? But you would not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood.”^(A)

¹² He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”^(A)