21 They (A)band together against the life of the righteous
    and condemn (B)the innocent to death.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 94:21 Hebrew condemn innocent blood

Jesus Delivered to Pilate

27 (A)When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people (B)took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.

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15 He who (A)justifies the wicked and he who (B)condemns the righteous
    are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

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For behold, they (A)lie in wait for my life;
    fierce men (B)stir up strife against me.
(C)For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,

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(A)Keep far from a false charge, and (B)do not kill the innocent and righteous, for (C)I will not acquit the wicked.

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And I saw the woman, drunk (A)with the blood of the saints, the blood of (B)the martyrs of Jesus.[a]

When I saw her, I marveled greatly.

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  1. Revelation 17:6 Greek the witnesses to Jesus

You have condemned and (A)murdered (B)the righteous person. He does not resist you.

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58 Then (A)they cast him out of the city and (B)stoned him. And (C)the witnesses laid down their garments (D)at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And as they were stoning Stephen, (E)he called out, “Lord Jesus, (F)receive my spirit.” 60 And (G)falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, (H)“Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, (I)he fell asleep.

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saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? (A)See to it yourself.”

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27 (A)Her princes in her midst are like wolves (B)tearing the prey, (C)shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.

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12 In you (A)they take bribes to shed blood; (B)you take interest and profit[a] and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but (C)me you have forgotten, declares the Lord God.

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  1. Ezekiel 22:12 That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor (compare Leviticus 25:36)

11 If they say, “Come with us, (A)let us lie in wait for blood;
    (B)let us ambush the innocent without reason;

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16 For (A)dogs encompass me;
    a company of evildoers (B)encircles me;
they have (C)pierced my hands and feet[a]

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  1. Psalm 22:16 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts like a lion [they are at] my hands and feet

The Reign of the Lord's Anointed

(A)Why do (B)the nations rage[a]
    and the peoples plot in vain?
The kings of the earth set themselves,
    and the rulers take counsel together,
    against the Lord and against his (C)Anointed, saying,
“Let us (D)burst their bonds apart
    and cast away their cords from us.”

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  1. Psalm 2:1 Or nations noisily assemble

19 And you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Have you killed and also taken possession?”’ And you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: (A)“In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your own blood.”’”

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52 (A)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of (B)the Righteous One, (C)whom you have now betrayed and murdered,

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27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your (A)holy servant Jesus, (B)whom you anointed, both (C)Herod and (D)Pontius Pilate, along (E)with the Gentiles and (F)the peoples of Israel, 28 (G)to do whatever your hand and (H)your plan had predestined to take place.

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On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem, with (A)Annas the high priest and (B)Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family. And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, (C)“By what power or (D)by what name did you do this?”

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32 (A)Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. 33 You serpents, (B)you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to (C)hell? 34 (D)Therefore (E)I send you (F)prophets and wise men and (G)scribes, (H)some of whom you will kill and crucify, and (I)some you will (J)flog in your synagogues and (K)persecute from town to town, 35 so that on you may come all (L)the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous (M)Abel to the blood of (N)Zechariah the son of Barachiah,[a] whom you murdered between (O)the sanctuary and (P)the altar. 36 Truly, I say to you, (Q)all these things will come upon this generation.

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  1. Matthew 23:35 Some manuscripts omit the son of Barachiah

“Behold, (A)the princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood.

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15 Only know for certain that if you put me to death, (A)you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and its inhabitants, for in truth the Lord sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.”

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16 for (A)their feet run to evil,
    and they make haste to shed blood.

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38 they poured out innocent blood,
    the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
    and the land was (A)polluted with blood.

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They (A)stir up strife, they (B)lurk;
    they (C)watch my steps,
    as they have waited for my life.

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