13 So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on (A)the judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, and in Aramaic[a] Gabbatha.

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Footnotes

  1. John 19:13 Or Hebrew; also verses 17, 20

19 Besides, while he was sitting on (A)the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with (B)that righteous man, for I have suffered much because of him today (C)in a dream.”

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(A)They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
    (B)they walk about in darkness;
    (C)all the foundations of the earth are (D)shaken.

(E)I said, “You are gods,
    sons of the Most High, all of you;
nevertheless, like men (F)you shall die,
    and fall like any prince.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 82:7 Or fall as one man, O princes

19 But Peter and John answered them, (A)“Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge,

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When Pilate heard this statement, (A)he was even more afraid.

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Now there is in Jerusalem by (A)the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic[a] called Bethesda,[b] which has five roofed colonnades.

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Footnotes

  1. John 5:2 Or Hebrew
  2. John 5:2 Some manuscripts Bethsaida

But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him (A)who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell.[a] Yes, I tell you, fear him!

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 12:5 Greek Gehenna

“I also (A)withheld the rain from you
    when there were yet three months to the harvest;
(B)I would send rain on one city,
    and send no rain on another city;
one field would have rain,
    and the field on which it did not rain would wither;

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11 (A)Whom did you dread and fear,
    (B)so that you lied,
and did not remember me,
    did not lay it to heart?
(C)Have I not held my peace, even for a long time,
    and you do not fear me?

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12 “I, I am he (A)who comforts you;
    who are you that you are afraid of (B)man who dies,
    of the son of man who is made (C)like grass,
13 and have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,
    (D)who stretched out the heavens
    and (E)laid the foundations of the earth,
and you fear continually all the day
    because of the wrath of (F)the oppressor,
when he sets himself to destroy?
    And where is the wrath of (G)the oppressor?

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The Vanity of Wealth and Honor

(A)If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, (B)do not be amazed at the matter, (C)for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.

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25 (A)The fear of man lays a snare,
    but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.

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20 Can (A)wicked rulers be allied with you,
    those who frame[a] injustice by (B)statute?
21 They (C)band together against the life of the righteous
    and condemn (D)the innocent to death.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 94:20 Or fashion
  2. Psalm 94:21 Hebrew condemn innocent blood

God Who Judges the Earth

To the choirmaster: according to (A)Do Not Destroy. A (B)Miktam[a] of David.

58 Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?[b]
    Do you judge the children of man uprightly?
No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;
    your hands (C)deal out violence on earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 58:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
  2. Psalm 58:1 Or you mighty lords (by revocalization; Hebrew in silence)

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