TOPICAL BIBLE
Defense
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Jeremiah 26:12Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, Jehovah sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.Jeremiah 26:13Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of Jehovah your God; and Jehovah will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.Jeremiah 26:14But as for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as is good and right in your eyes.Jeremiah 26:15Only know ye for certain that, if ye put me to death, ye will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof; for of a truth Jehovah hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.Jeremiah 26:16Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets: This man is not worthy of death; for he hath spoken to us in the name of Jehovah our God.Acts 4:8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders,Acts 4:9if we this day are examined concerning a good deed done to an impotent man, by what means this man is made whole;Acts 4:10be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even in him doth this man stand here before you whole.Acts 4:11He is the stone which was set at nought of you the builders, which was made the head of the corner.Acts 4:12And in none other is there salvation: for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, wherein we must be saved.Acts 4:13Now when they beheld the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.Acts 5:23saying, The prison-house we found shut in all safety, and the keepers standing at the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.Acts 5:24Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were much perplexed concerning them whereunto this would grow.Acts 5:25And there came one and told them, Behold, the men whom ye put in the prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people.Acts 5:26Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them, but without violence; for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.Acts 5:27And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,Acts 5:28saying, We strictly charged you not to teach in this name: and behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.Acts 5:29But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.Acts 23:1And Paul, looking stedfastly on the council, said, Brethren, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day.Acts 23:2And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.Acts 23:3Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: and sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?Acts 23:4And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s high priest?Acts 23:5And Paul said, I knew not, brethren, that he was high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of a ruler of thy people.Acts 23:6But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees: touching the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.Acts 24:10And when the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, Paul answered,Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I cheerfully make my defense:Acts 24:11seeing that thou canst take knowledge that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem:Acts 24:12and neither in the temple did they find me disputing with any man or stirring up a crowd, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city.Acts 24:13Neither can they prove to thee the things whereof they now accuse me.Acts 24:14But this I confess unto thee, that after the Way which they call a sect, so serve I the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;Acts 24:15having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there shall be a resurrection both of the just and unjust.Acts 24:16Herein I also exercise myself to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men always.Acts 24:17Now after some years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings:Acts 24:18amidst which they found me purified in the temple, with no crowd, nor yet with tumult: but there were certain Jews from Asia—Acts 24:19who ought to have been here before thee, and to make accusation, if they had aught against me.Acts 24:20Or else let these men themselves say what wrong-doing they found when I stood before the council,Acts 24:21except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question before you this day.Acts 26:1And Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and made his defence:Acts 26:2I think myself happy, king Agrippa, that I am to make my defence before thee this day touching all the things whereof I am accused by the Jews:Acts 26:3especially because thou art expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.Acts 26:4My manner of life then from my youth up, which was from the beginning among mine own nation and at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;Acts 26:5having knowledge of me from the first, if they be willing to testify, that after the straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.Acts 26:6And now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers;Acts 26:7unto which promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. And concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, O king!Acts 26:8Why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead?Acts 26:9I verily thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.Acts 26:10And this I also did in Jerusalem: and I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.Acts 26:11And punishing them oftentimes in all the synagogues, I strove to make them blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities.Acts 26:12Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,Acts 26:13at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them that journeyed with me.Acts 26:14And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying unto me in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the goad.Acts 26:15And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.Acts 26:16But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me, and of the things wherein I will appear unto thee;Acts 26:17delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,Acts 26:18to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.Acts 26:19Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:Acts 26:20but declared both to them of Damascus first and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judæa, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.Acts 26:21For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.Acts 26:22Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand unto this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses did say should come;Acts 26:23how that the Christ must suffer, and how that he first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles.
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