Who Killed Jesus Christ

�� and His Disciples

�� Luke Chapter 19:14 (Monsignor Knox translation) speaks of Jesus' Jewish

�� enemies, "But his fellow‑citizens hated Him, and sent ambassadors after Him to

�� say, 'We will not have this man for our King.'

�� Matthew 2:16

�� 16. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was

�� exceeding angry, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in

�� Bethlehem, and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the

�� time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.

�� Note:‑ The Edomite Herod

�� Easton's Bible Dictionary

�� Topics: Her'od the Great: (Matt. 2:1‑22; Luke 1:5; Acts 23:35),

�� the son of Antipater, an Idumaean, and Cypros, an Arabian of

�� noble descent. In the year B.C. 47 Julius Caesar made Antipater, a

�� "wily Idumaean," procurator of Judea, who divided his territories

�� between his four sons, Galilee falling to the lot of Herod, who was

�� afterwards appointed tetrarch of Judea by Mark Antony (B.C. 40),

�� and also king of Judea by the Roman senate. He was of a stern and

�� cruel disposition. "He was brutish and a stranger to all humanity."

�� Alarmed by the tidings of one "born King of the Jews," he

�� sent forth and "slew all the children that were in

�� Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years

�� old and under" (Matt. 2:16). He was fond of splendour, and

�� lavished great sums in rebuilding and adorning the cities of his

�� empire. He rebuilt the city of Caesarea (q.v.) on the coast, and also

�� the city of Samaria (q.v.), which he called Sebaste, in honour of

�� Augustus. He restored the ruined temple of Jerusalem, a work

�� which was begun B.C. 20, but was not finished till after Herod's

�� death, probably not till about A.D. 50 (John 2:20). After a troubled

�� reign of thirty‑seven years, he died at Jericho amid great agonies

�� both of body and mind, B.C. 4, i.e., according to the common

�� chronology, in the year in which Jesus was born. After his death his

�� kingdom was divided among three of his sons. Of these, Philip had

�� the land east of Jordan, between Caesarea Philippi and Bethabara,

�� Antipas had Galilee and Peraea, while Archelaus had Judea and

�� Samaria.

�� Matthew 16:21

�� 21. From that time forth Jesus began to show to His disciples, that He must go

�� to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and

�� scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third (3rd) day.

�� Matthew 17:22 and 23

�� 22. And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man shall

�� be betrayed into the hands of men:

�� 23 And they shall kill Him, and the third (3rd) day He shall be raised again. And

�� they were exceedingly sorrowful.

�� Matthew 20:18 and 19

�� 18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed to the

�� chief priests and to the scribes, and they shall condemn Him to death,

�� 19 And shall deliver Him to the Gentiles (Nations) to mock, and to scourge, and

�� to crucify [Him]: and the third (3rd) day He shall rise again.

�� See the Parable of: ‑ The Wicked Husbandmen ‑ Matthew

�� Chapter 21:33 ‑46, Mark Chapter 12:1 ‑ 12 and Luke Chapter

�� 20:9 ‑ 19

�� See the Parable of: ‑� The Wedding Feast ‑ Matthew

�� Chapter 22:1 ‑ 14

�� See the Parable of:‑ The Nobleman (King Jesus Christ)

�� Gone to a Far Country (Heaven) ‑ Luke Chapter 19:11 ‑ 27

�� Matthew 23:1 ‑ 37

�� 1. Then Jesus spoke to the multitude, and to His disciples,

�� 2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in the seat of Moses:

�� 3 All therefore whatever they bid you observe, [that] observe and do; but do not

�� ye according to their works: for they say, and do not.

�� 4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay [them] on men's

�� shoulders; but they [themselves] will not move them with one of their fingers.

�� 5 But all their works they do to be seen by men: they make broad their

�� phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, {phylacteries: pieces of

�� parchment containing sentences of the law}

�� 6 And love the uppermost places at feasts, and the best seats in the synagogues,

�� 7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called by men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

�� 8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, [even] Christ; and all ye

�� are brethren.

�� 9 And call no [man] your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, who is

�� in heaven.

�� 10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, [even] Christ.

�� 11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

�� 12 And whoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble

�� himself shall be exalted.

�� 13. But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom

�� of heaven against men: for ye neither go in [yourselves], neither allow ye them

�� that are entering to go in.

�� 14 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses,

�� and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater

�� damnation.

�� 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye travel sea and land to

�� make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child

�� of hell than yourselves.

�� 16 Woe to you, [ye] blind guides, who say, Whoever shall swear by the temple,

�� it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!

�� 17 [Ye] fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that

�� sanctifieth the gold?

�� 18 And, Whoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever sweareth by

�� the gift that is upon it, he is bound. {guilty: or, debtor, or, bound}

�� 19 [Ye] fools and blind: for which [is] greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth

�� the gift?

�� 20 Whoever therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things

�� upon it.

�� 21 And whoever shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that

�� dwelleth in it.

�� 22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by

�� Him that sitteth upon it.

�� 23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and

�� anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier [matters] of the law, justice,

�� mercy, and faith: these ye ought to have done, and not to leave the others

�� undone. {anise: Gr. dill}

�� 24 [Ye] blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.

�� 25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside

�� of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

�� 26 [Thou] blind Pharisee, cleanse first that [which is] within the cup and platter,

�� that the outside of them may be clean also.

�� 27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like whitewashed

�� sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead

�� [men's] bones, and of all uncleanness.

�� 28 Thus ye also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within ye are full of

�� hypocrisy and iniquity.

�� 29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of

�� the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

�� 30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been

�� partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

�� 31 Wherefore ye are witnesses against yourselves, that ye are the children of

�� them who killed the prophets.

�� 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

�� 33 [Ye] serpents, [ye] generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of

�� hell?

�� 34. Wherefore, behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and

�� [some] of them ye shall kill and crucify; and [some] of them ye shall scourge in

�� your synagogues, and persecute [them] from city to city:

�� 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from

�� the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachias, whom ye

�� slew between the temple and the altar.

�� 36 Verily I say to you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

�� 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [thou] that killest the prophets, and stonest them

�� who are sent to thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together,

�� even as a hen gathereth her chickens under [her] wings, and ye would not!

�� Matthew 24:7 ‑ 9

�� 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there

�� shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in various places

�� 8 All these [are] the beginning of sorrows.

�� 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be

�� hated by all nations for My name's sake.

�� Note:‑ Disciples of Jesus Christ SHALL BE hated by all nations for being

�� Christians.

�� Matthew 26:2 ‑ 4

�� 2 Ye know that after two (2) days is the passover, and the Son of man is

�� betrayed to be crucified.

�� 3 Then assembled the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people,

�� in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

�� 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill [Him].

�� Matthew 27:11 ‑ 54

�� 11. And Jesus stood before the governor: and (Pilate) the governor asked Him,

�� saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, Thou sayest.

�� 12 And when He was accused by the chief priests and elders, He

�� answered nothing.

�� 13 Then saith Pilate to Him, Hearest Thou not how many things they testify

�� against thee?

�� 14 And He answered him to not a word; so that the governor marvelled greatly.

�� 15 Now at [that] feast the custom of the governor was to release to the people a

�� prisoner, whom they would.

�� 16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

�� 17 Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom will

�� ye that I release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?

�� 18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered Him.

�� 19 When he (Pilate) was seated on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him,

�� saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many

�� things this day in a dream because of Him.

�� 20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask

�� Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

�� 21 The governor answered and said to them, Which of the two (2) will ye that I

�� release to you? They said, Barabbas.

�� 22 Pilate saith to them, What shall I do then with Jesus who is called Christ?

�� [They (the chief priests, elders and the multitude)] all say to him, Let Him be

�� crucified.

�� 23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath He done? But they cried out the

�� more, saying, Let Him be crucified.

�� Note:‑ No reason for their hatred, just kill Jesus Christ (GOD). No reason to kill

�� Christians, just kill Christians.

�� 24 When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but [that] rather a

�� tumult was made, he took water, and washed [his] hands before the multitude,

�� saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye [to it].

�� 25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood [be]

�� on us, and on our children.

�� Note:‑ The chief priests, elders and multitude of jews pronounced their own

�� judgement.

�� 26. Then he released Barabbas to them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he

�� delivered [Him] to be crucified.

�� 27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and

�� gathered to Him the whole band [of soldiers]. {common hall: or, governor's

�� house}

�� 28 And they stripped Him, and put on Him a scarlet robe.

�� 29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put [it] upon His head,

�� and a reed in His right hand: and they bowed the knee before Him, and mocked

�� Him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

�� 30 And they spat upon Him, and took the reed, and struck Him on the head.

�� 31 And after that they had mocked Him, they took (the soldiers of the

�� governor) the robe off from Him, and put His own raiment on Him, and led Him

�� away to crucify [Him].

�� 32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they

�� (the soldiers of the governor) compelled to bear His cross.

�� 33. And when they had come to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place

�� of a skull,

�� 34 They gave Him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when He had tasted

�� [it], He would not drink.

�� 35 And they (the soldiers of the governor) crucified Him, and parted His

�� garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the

�� prophet, They parted My garments among them, and upon My vesture they cast

�� lots.

�� 36 And sitting down they watched Him there;

�� 37 And set up over His head His accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE

�� KING OF THE JEWS.

�� 38 Then were there two (2) thieves crucified with Him, one on the right hand,

�� and another on the left.

�� 39 And they that passed by reviled Him, wagging their heads,

�� 40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest [it] in three (3)

�� days, save Thyself. If Thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross.

�� 41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking [Him], with the scribes and elders,

�� said,

�� 42 He saved others; Himself He cannot save. If He is King of Israel, let Him now

�� come down from the cross, and we will believe Him.

�� Note:‑ They openly admit Jesus Save others from death.

�� 43 He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now, if He (YHWH/GOD) will have

�� Him (Jesus Christ): for He (Jesus Christ) said, I am the Son of God.

�� 44 The thieves also, who were crucified with Him, cast the same in His teeth.

�� 45 Now from the sixth (6th) hour there was darkness over all the land to the

�� ninth (9th) hour.

�� 46 And about the ninth (9th) hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli,

�� lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?

�� 47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard [that], said, This [man]

�� calleth for Elijah.

�� 48 And immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled [it] with

�� vinegar, and put [it] on a reed, and gave Him to drink.

�� 49 The rest said, Forbear, let us see whether Elijah will come to save Him.

�� 50. Jesus, when He had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the spirit.

�� 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two (2) from the top to the

�� bottom; and the earth shook, and the rocks were split;

�� 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of saints who slept were

�� raised,

�� 53 And came out of the graves after His resurrection, and went into the holy city,

�� and appeared to many.

�� 54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with Him, watching Jesus, saw

�� the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying,

�� Truly this was the Son of God.

�� Easton's Bile Dictionary

�� Topics: Centu'rion: a Roman officer in command of a hundred

�� men (Mark 15:39, 44, 45). Cornelius, the first Gentile convert, was a

�� centurion (Acts 10:1, 22). Other centurions are mentioned in Matt.

�� 8:5, 8, 13; Luke 7:2, 6; Acts 21:32; 22:25, 26; 23: 17, 23; 24:23; 27:1,

�� 6, 11, 31, 43; 28:16. A centurion watched the crucifixion of our Lord

�� (Matt. 27: 54; Luke 23:47), and when he saw the wonders attending

�� it, exclaimed, "Truly this man was the Son of God." "The centurions

�� mentioned in the New Testament are uniformly spoken of in terms

�� of praise, whether in the Gospels or in the Acts. It is interesting to

�� compare this with the statement of Polybius (vi. 24), that the

�� centurions were chosen by merit, and so were men remarkable not

�� so much for their daring courage as for their deliberation, constancy,

�� and strength of mind.", Dr. Maclear's N. T. Hist.

�� Mark 8:31

�� 31 And He (Jesus Christ) began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer

�� many things, and be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and scribes,

�� and be killed, and after three (3) days rise again.

�� Mark 9:31

�� 31 For He taught His disciples, and said to them, The Son of man is delivered

�� into the hands of men, and they shall kill Him; and after that He is killed, He

�� shall rise the third (3rd) day.

�� Mark 10:33 ‑ 34

�� 33 [Saying], Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be

�� delivered to the chief priests, and to the scribes; and they shall

�� condemn Him to death, and shall deliver Him to the Gentiles (Nations):

�� 34 And they shall mock Him, and shall scourge Him, and shall spit upon Him,

�� and shall kill Him: and the third (3rd) day He shall rise again.

�� See the Parable of: ‑ The Wicked Husbandmen ‑ Matthew

�� Chapter 21:33 ‑46, Mark Chapter 12:1 ‑ 12 and Luke Chapter

�� 20:9 ‑ 19

�� Mark 14:10 ‑ 11

�� 10 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests, to betray Him

�� (Jesus Christ) to them.

�� Note:‑ The only disciple who was not from Galilee was Judas Iscariot

�� Easton's Bible Dictionary

�� Topics: Judas Iscariot: Son of Simon (John 6:71; 13:2, 26),

�� surnamed Iscariot, i.e., a man of Kerioth (Josh. 15:25). His name is

�� uniformly the last in the list of the apostles, as given in the synoptic

�� (i.e., the first three) Gospels. The evil of his nature probably

�� gradually unfolded itself till "Satan entered into him" (John 13:27),

�� and he betrayed our Lord (18:3). Afterwards he owned his sin with

�� "an exceeding bitter cry," and cast the money he had received as the

�� wages of his iniquity down on the floor of the sanctuary, and

�� "departed and went and hanged himself" (Matt. 27:5). He perished

�� in his guilt, and "went unto his own place" (Acts 1:25). The

�� statement in Acts 1:18 that he "fell headlong and burst asunder in

�� the midst, and all his bowels gushed out," is in no way contrary to

�� that in Matt. 27:5. The suicide first hanged himself, perhaps over the

�� valley of Hinnom, "and the rope giving way, or the branch to which

�� he hung breaking, he fell down headlong on his face, and was

�� crushed and mangled on the rocky pavement below." Why such a

�� man was chosen to be an apostle we know not, but it is written that

�� "Jesus knew from the beginning who should betray Him" (John

�� 6:64). Nor can any answer be satisfactorily given to the question as

�� to the motives that led Judas to betray his Master. "Of the motives

�� that have been assigned we need not care to fix on any one as that

�� which simply led him on. Crime is, for the most part, the result of a

�� hundred motives rushing with bewildering fury through the mind of

�� the criminal.".

�� Topics: Ker'ioth: cities. (1.) A town in the south of Judah

�� (Josh. 15:25). Judas the traitor was probably a native of this place,

�� and hence his name Iscariot. It has been identified with the ruins of

�� el‑Kureitein, about 10 miles south of Hebron. (See HAZOR [4]). (2.)

�� A city of Moab (Jer. 48:24, 41), called Kirioth (Amos 2:2).

�� Mark Chapter 14 continued:‑

�� 11 And when they heard [it], they (the chief priests) were glad, and promised to

�� give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray Him (Jesus

�� Christ).

�� Luke 9:22

�� 22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the

�� elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third (3rd)

�� day.

�� Luke 11:37 ‑ 54

�� 37. And as He (Jesus Chris) was speaking, a certain Pharisee besought Him to

�� dine with him: and He went in, and sat down to eat.

�� 38 And when the Pharisee saw [it], he marvelled that He had not first washed

�� before dinner.

�� 39 And the Lord said to him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the

�� cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of greed and wickedness.

�� 40 [Ye] fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is

�� within also?

�� 41 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are

�� clean to you. {of...: or, as you are able}

�� 42 But woe to you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs,

�� and pass over justice and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not

�� to leave the others undone.

�� 43 Woe to you, Pharisees! for ye love the best seats in the synagogues, and

�� greetings in the markets.

�� 44 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which

�� appear not, and the men that walk over [them] are not aware [of them].

�� 45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said to Him, Master, Thus saying

�� Thou reproachest us also.

�� Note:‑ Jesus was told that He offended the lawyers, response of Jesus Christ

�� follows.

�� 46 And He said, Woe to you also, [ye] lawyers! for ye load men with burdens

�� grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your

�� fingers.

�� 47 Woe to you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers

�� killed them.

�� 48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed

�� killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

�� 49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and

�� apostles, and [some] of them they shall slay and persecute:

�� 50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the

�� world, may be required of this generation;

�� 51 From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the

�� altar and the temple: verily I say to you, It shall be required of this generation.

�� 52 Woe to you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye have

�� not entered in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

�� {hindered: or, forbad}

�� Note:‑ See the lack of repentance on the part of our Savior, GOD and King to

�� offending the lawyers eve more. Contrast this with Falwell Vows To Tone

�� Down Rhetoric Against Gays ‑ It is the duty of men not to offend GOD. It is not the

�� responsibility of GOD or His servants to "be nice" to the transgressors of GOD's Law.

�� 53 And as He said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees

�� began to oppose [Him] vehemently, and to provoke Him to speak of

�� many things:

�� 54 Laying wait for Him, and seeking to catch something from His mouth, that

�� they might accuse Him.

�� Luke 13:31 ‑ 35

�� 31. The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying to Him, Go away,

�� and depart from here: for Herod will kill Thee.

�� 32 And He said to them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons, and

�� I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third (3rd) [day] I shall be perfected.

�� 33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the [day] following: for

�� it cannot be that a prophet should perish out of Jerusalem.

�� 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are

�� sent to thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen

�� [gathereth] her brood under [her] wings, and ye would not!

�� 35 Behold, your house is left to you desolate: and verily I say to you, Ye shall not

�� see Me, until [the time] shall come when ye shall say, Blessed [is] He that

�� cometh in the name of YHWH.

�� Falwell Vows To Tone Down Rhetoric Against Gays ‑ It is the duty of men

�� not to offend GOD. It is not the responsibility of GOD to "be nice" to the transgressors of GOD's

�� Law.

�� See the Parable of:‑ The Nobleman (King Jesus Christ)

�� Gone to a Far Country (Heaven) ‑ Luke Chapter 19:11 ‑ 27

�� See the Parable of: ‑ The Wicked Husbandmen ‑ Matthew

�� Chapter 21:33 ‑46, Mark Chapter 12:1 ‑ 12 and Luke Chapter

�� 20:9 ‑ 19

�� Luke 22:2 ‑ 6

�� 2 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill Him; for they

�� feared the people.

�� 3 Then Satan entered into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the

�� twelve.

�� 4 And he went his way, and conferred with the chief priests and captains, how

�� he might betray Him (Jesus Christ) to them.

�� 5 And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.

�� 6 And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray Him to them in the

�� absence of the multitude. {in the...: or, without tumult}

�� Luke 22:70 ‑ 23:47

�� 70 Then said they all, Art Thou then the Son of God? And he said to them, Ye

�� say that I am.

�� 71 And they said, What need have we of any further testimony? for we ourselves

�� have heard from His own mouth.

�� Luke 23: 1. And the whole multitude of them arose, and led Him (Jesus Christ)

�� to Pilate.

�� 2 And they began to accuse Him, saying, We found this [man] perverting the

�� nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that He Himself is Christ

�� a King.

�� 3 And Pilate asked Him, saying, Art Thou the King of the Jews? And He

�� answered him and said, Thou sayest [it].

�� 4 Then said Pilate to the chief priests and [to] the people, I find no fault in

�� this man.

�� Note:‑ If there were the least bit of truth in this charge, of forbidding to pay

�� tribute, taxes, to Caesar: Pilate or Herod would have given the order to killed

�� Jesus Christ without any pressure on the part of the jews.

�� 5 And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching

�� throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee to this place.

�� 6 When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man was a Galilaean.

�� 7 And as soon as he (Pilate) knew that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction (of

�� Galilee), he sent Him to Herod, who himself was also at Jerusalem at that time.

�� 8 And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he had been for a long

�� time, desirous to see him, because he had heard many things of him; and he

�� hoped to see some miracle done by him.

�� 9 Then he questioned with Him in many words; but He (Jesus Christ) answered

�� him (Herod) nothing.

�� 10 And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused Him.

�� 11 And Herod with his soldiers treated Him (Jesus Christ) with contempt, and

�� mocked [Him], and arrayed Him in a gorgeous robe, and sent Him again to

�� Pilate.

�� 12 And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before

�� they were at enmity between themselves.

�� 13. And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and

�� the people,

�� 14 Said to them, Ye have brought this man to me, as one that perverteth the

�� people: and, behold, I, having examined [Him] before you, have found no fault in

�� this man concerning those things of which ye accuse Him:

�� 15 .No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is

�� done to Him

�� 16 I will therefore chastise Him, and release [Him].

�� 17 (For of necessity he must release one to them (the chief priests and the rulers

�� and the people) at the feast.)

�� 18 And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this [man], and release to

�� us Barabbas <912>:

�� Strong's Number:‑ 912 Barabbas {bar‑ab‑bas'} of Aramaic origin

�� 01247 and 05;; n pr m

�� AV ‑ Barabbas 11; 11 Barabbas = "son of a father or master"

�� 1) the captive robber whom the Jews begged Pilate to release

�� instead of Christ

�� Strong's Number:‑ 05 'Abagtha' {ab‑ag‑thaw'} of

�� foreign origin;; n pr m

�� AV ‑ Abagtha 1; 1 Abagtha = "God‑given"

�� 1) one of the seven eunuchs in the Persian court of

�� Ahasuerus

�� Strong's Number:‑ 01247 bar (Aramaic) {bar}

�� corresponding to 01121; TWOT ‑ 2639; n m

�� AV ‑ son 7, about 1; 8

�� 1) son

�� Mark Chapter 15:7

�� 7 And there was [one] named Barabbas, [which lay] bound with

�� them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed

�� murder in the insurrection.

�� Question? Does Barabbas mean son of a master or son of a rabbi?

�� Luke Chapter 23 continued:‑

�� 19 (Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into

�� prison.)

�� 20 Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spoke again to them.

�� 21 But they cried, saying, Crucify, crucify Him.

�� 22 And he said to them the third (3rd) time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have

�� found no cause of death in Him: I will therefore chastise Him, and let [Him

�� (Jesus Christ)] go.

�� 23 And they were insistent with loud voices, requiring that He might be

�� crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.

�� 24 And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they (them and of the chief

�� priests) required <155>. {gave...: or, assented}

�� Strong's Number:‑ 155 aitema {ah'‑ee‑tay‑mah} from 154; TDNT

�� ‑ 1:193,30; n n

�� AV ‑ require 1, request 1, petition 1; 3

�� 1) petition, request, required

�� Luke Chapter 23 continued:‑

�� 25 And he released to them him (Barrabbas) that for sedition and murder

�� had been cast into prison, whom they (the chief priests and the rulers and

�� the people) had desired; but he (Pilate) delivered Jesus to their will.

�� 26. And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian,

�� coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear [it]

�� after Jesus.

�� 27 And there followed Him a great company of people, and of women, who also

�� bewailed and lamented Him.

�� 28 But Jesus turning to them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for Me,

�� but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

�� 29 For, behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed [are] the

�� barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts which never nursed.

�� 30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills,

�� Cover us.

�� 31 For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

�� 32. And two (2) others, who were malefactors, were led with Him to be put to

�� death.

�� 33 And when they had come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they

�� crucified Hm, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the

�� left. {Calvary: or, The place of a skull}

�� 34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And

�� they parted His raiment, and cast lots.

�� 35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided

�� [Him], saying, He saved others; let Him save Himself, if He is Christ, the chosen

�� of God.

�� 36 And the soldiers also mocked Him, coming to Him, and offering Him vinegar,

�� 37 And saying, If thou art the king of the Jews, save Thyself.

�� 38 And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin,

�� and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

�� 39 And one of the malefactors who were hanged railed on Him, saying, If thou

�� art Christ, save Thyself and us.

�� 40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing

�� thou art in the same condemnation?

�� 41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this

�� man hath done nothing amiss.

�� 42 And he said to Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy

�� kingdom.

�� 43 And Jesus said to him, Verily I say to thee, This day shalt thou be with me in

�� paradise.

�� 44. And it was about the sixth (6th) hour, and there was a darkness over all the

�� land until the ninth (9th) hour. {earth: or, land}

�� 45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in the midst.

�� 46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, He said, Father, into Thy hands

�� I commend My spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.

�� 47 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying,

�� Certainly this was a righteous man.

�� Luke 24:6 ‑ 8

�� 6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how He spoke to you when He was yet

�� in Galilee,

�� 7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be

�� crucified, and the third (3rd) day rise again.

�� 8 And they remembered His words,

�� Luke 24:20

� ��20 And how the chief priests and our (Israel's) rulers delivered Him to be

�� condemned to death, and crucified Him.

�� John 5:16 ‑ 18

�� 16 And therefore the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to slay Him,

�� because He had done these things on the sabbath.

�� 17. But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh until now, and I work.

�� 18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill Him, because He not only

�� had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was His Father, making

�� Himself equal with God.

�� John 7:1 ‑ 53

�� 1. After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for He would not walk in Judaea,

�� because the Jews sought to kill Him.

�� 2 Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.

�� 3 His brethren therefore said to Him, Depart from here, and go into Judaea, that

�� thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.

�� 4 For [there is] no man [that] doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh

�� to be known openly. If thou doest these things, show thyself to the world.

�� 5 For neither did His brethren (the other Children of Mary and Joseph) believe in

�� Him.

�� 6 Then Jesus said to them, My time is not yet come: but your time is always

�� ready.

�� 7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify concerning

�� it, that its works are evil.

�� 8 Go ye up to this feast: I go not up yet to this feast; for My time is not yet full

�� come.

�� 9 When He had said these words to them, He abode [still] in Galilee.

�� 10 But when His brethren had gone up, then He went also to the feast, not

�� openly, but as it were in secret.

�� 11 Then the Jews sought Him at the feast, and said, Where is He?

�� 12 And there was much murmuring among the people concerning Him: for some

�� said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but He deceiveth the people.

�� 13 Yet no man spoke openly of Him for fear of the Jews.

�� 14. Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.

�� 15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never

�� learned? {letters: or, learning}

�� 16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not Mine, but His (YHWH's)

�� that sent Me.

�� 17 If any man will do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it

�� is from God, or [whether] I speak from Myself.

�� 18 He that speaketh from Himself seeketh His own glory: but He that seeketh

�� His glory that sent Him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him.

�� 19 Did not Moses give you the law, and [yet] none of you keepeth the law? Why

�� go ye about to kill Me?

�� Note:‑ Moses gave the law to Israel. Moses gave the law to those who killed

�� Jesus Christ. Therefore: Israelites were responsible for the death of Jesus Christ.

�� 20 The people answered and said, Thou hast a demon: who goeth about to kill

�� Thee?

�� Note:‑ The answer of the enemies of YHWH, you are crazy and have a demon.

�� 21 Jesus answered and said to them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.

�� 22 Moses therefore gave to you circumcision; (not because it is from Moses, but

�� from the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath circumcise a man.

�� 23 If a man on the sabbath receiveth circumcision, that the law of Moses should

�� not be broken; are ye angry at Me, because I have restored a man to sound

�� health on the sabbath? {that...: or, without breaking the law of Moses}

�� 24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

�� 25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this He, whom they seek to kill?

�� 26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing to Him. Do the rulers know

�� indeed that this is the very Christ?

�� 27 But we know this man where He is from: but when Christ cometh, no man

�� knoweth where He is from.

�� 28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as He taught, saying, Ye both know Me, and

�� ye know where I am from: and I am not come of Myself, but He (YHWH) that

�� sent Me is true, whom ye know not.

�� 29 But I know Him: for I am from Him, and He hath sent Me.

�� 30 Then they sought to take Him: but no man laid hands on Him, because His

�� hour was not yet come.

�� 31 And many of the people believed on Him, and said, When Christ cometh, will

� ��He do more miracles than these which this [man] hath done?

�� 32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning Him;

�� and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him.

�� 33 Then said Jesus to them, Yet a little while am I with you, and [then] I go to

�� Him that sent Me.

�� 34 Ye shall seek Me, and shall not find [me]: and where I am, [there] ye cannot

�� come.

�� 35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Where will He go, that we shall not

�� find him? will he go to the dispersed among the Gentiles (Greeks) <1672>, and

�� teach the Gentiles (Nations)? {Gentiles: or, Greeks}

�� Strong's Number:‑ 1672 Hellen {hel'‑lane} from 1671; TDNT ‑

�� 2:504,227; n m

�� AV ‑ Greek 20, Gentile 7; 27

�� 1) a Greek either by nationality, whether a native of the main

�� land or of the Greek islands or colonies

�� 2) in a wider sense the name embraces all nations not Jews that

�� made the language, customs, and learning of the Greeks their own;

�� the primary reference is to a difference of religion and worship

�� John Chapter 7 continued:‑

�� 36 What [manner of] saying is this that He said, Ye shall seek Me, and shall not

�� find [Me]: and where I am, [there] ye cannot come?

�� 37. In the last day, that great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If

�� any man thirsteth, let him come to Me, and drink.

�� 38 He that believeth on Me, as the scripture hath said, out of his heart shall flow

�� rivers of living water.

�� 39 (But this He spoke of the Spirit, which they that believe on Him should

�� receive: for the Holy Spirit was not yet [given]; because Jesus was not yet

�� glorified.)

�� 40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, In truth this

�� is the Prophet.

�� 41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of

�� Galilee?

�� 42 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh from the seed of David, and

�� out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?

�� 43 So there was a division among the people because of Him.

�� 44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on Him.

�� 45. Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said to

�� them, Why have ye not brought Him?

�� 46 The officers answered, Never man spoke like this man.

�� 47 Then the Pharisees answered them, Are ye also deceived?

�� 48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on Him?

�� 49 But this people who know not the law are cursed.

�� 50 Nicodemus saith to them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of

�� them,) {to Jesus: Gr. to him}

�� 51 Doth our law judge [any] man, before it heareth him, and knoweth what he

�� doeth?

�� 52 They answered and said to him, Art thou also from Galilee? Search, and look:

�� for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.

�� 53 And every man went to his own house.

�� John 8:20 ‑ 59

�� 20 These words Jesus spoke in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no

�� man laid hands on Him; for His hour was not yet come.

�� 21. Then said Jesus again to them, I am going away, and ye shall seek Me, and

�� shall die in your sins: where I go, ye cannot come.

�� 22 Then said the Jews, Will He kill Himself? because He saith, Where I go, ye

�� cannot come.

�� 23 And He said to them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this

�� world; I am not of this world.

�� 24 I said therefore to you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I

�� am [He], ye shall die in your sins.

�� 25 Then said they to Him, Who art Thou? And Jesus saith to them, Even [the

�� same] that I said to you from the beginning.

�� 26 I have many things to say and to judge of you: but He (YHWH) that sent Me

�� is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard from Him.

�� 27 They understood not that He spoke to them concerning the Father.

�� 28 Then said Jesus to them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall

�� ye know that I am [He], and [that] I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father hath

�� taught Me, I speak these things.

�� 29 And He that sent Me is with Me: the Father hath not left Me alone; for I do

�� always those things that please Him.

�� Note:‑ The Spirit of YHWH was with Jesus Christ.

�� 30 As He spoke these words, many believed on Him.

�� 31. Then said Jesus to those Jews who believed on Him, If ye continue in My

�� Word, ye are My disciples indeed;

�� 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

�� 33 They answered Him, We are Abraham's offspring, and were never in bondage

�� to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

�� Note:‑ Not all of the children of Abraham had been in bondage, but the children

�� of Jacob/Israel had been in bondage. These jews were in effect admitting they

�� were not the blood decendents of Jacob/Israel. The Edomites, the chidren of

�� Esau were never in bondage to any mwn.

�� 34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Whoever committeth sin is

�� the servant of sin.

�� 35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: [but] the Son abideth for

�� ever.

�� 36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

�� 37 I know that ye (the jews of verse 31) are Abraham's offspring; but ye seek to

�� kill Me, because My word hath no place in you.

�� Note: Abraham had other children who were not of Jacob/Israel.

�� Question? Are they the offspring of Isaac and Jacob/Israel?

�� Answer:‑

�� Question? Who does Jesus Christ say seek to kill Him?

�� Answer:‑ The jews He was speaking to at this time.

�� 38. I speak that which I have seen with My Father: and ye do that which ye have

�� seen with your father.

�� Question? Who is their father?

�� Answer:‑

�� 39 They answered and said to Him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith to them,

�� If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

� ��40 But now ye seek to kill Me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have

�� heard from God: this did not Abraham.

�� 41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to Him, We are not born of

�� fornication; we have one Father, [even] God.

�� 42 Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, ye would love Me: for I

�� proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of Myself, but He sent Me.

�� 43 Why do ye not understand My speech? [even] because ye cannot hear My

�� word.

� ��44 Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He

�� was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is

�� no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar,

�� and the father of it. {of his own: or, from his own will or disposition}

�� Again the Question? Who is their father?

�� Answer:‑ The Devil.

�� 45 And because I tell [you] the truth, ye believe Me not.

�� 46. Which of you convicteth Me of sin? And if I speak the truth, why do ye not

�� believe Me?

�� 47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear [them] not, because

�� ye are not of God.

�� 48 Then answered the Jews, and said to Him, Say we not well that Thou art a

�� Samaritan, and hast a demon?

�� Note:‑ These jews called Jesus Christ crazy, nuts, mentally ill and/or insane, the

�� same as they call Christians today.

�� Rhetorical Question? Have you ever noticed how many jews are

�� psychiatrists and psychologists?

�� John Chapter 8 continued:‑

�� 49 Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honour My Father, and ye

�� dishonour Me.

�� 50 And I seek not My own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.

�� 51. Verily, verily, I say to you, If a man shall keep My saying, he shall never see

�� death.

�� 52 Then said the Jews to Him, Now we know that Thou hast a demon.

�� Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and Thou sayest, If a man shall keep My

�� saying, he shall never taste of death.

�� 53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are

�� dead: whom makest Thou Thyself?

�� 54 Jesus answered, If I honour Myself, My honour is nothing: it is My Father that

�� honoureth Me; of whom ye say, that He is your God:

�� 55 Yet ye have not known Him; but I know Him: and if I should say, I know Him

�� not, I shall be a liar like you: but I know Him, and keep His saying.

�� Note:‑ The jews once again Call Jesus Christ demon possessed. Jesus responds

�� by informing these jews that they are liars and their god is NOT YHWH

�� 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day: and He saw [it], and was glad.

�� 57 Then said the Jews to Him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast Thou

�� seen Abraham?

�� 58 Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham was, I am.

�� 59 Then they took up stones to cast at Him (to ill Jesus Christ): but Jesus hid

�� Himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so

�� passed by.

�� John 18:28 ‑ 19:37

�� 28. Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the hall of judgment: and it was early;

�� and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled;

�� but that they might eat the Passover. {the hall...: or, house of Pilate}

�� 29 Pilate then went out to them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this

�� man?

�� 30 They answered and said to him, If He were not a malefactor, we would not

�� have delivered Him up to thee.

�� 31 Then said Pilate to them, Take ye Him, and judge Him according to your law.

�� The Jews therefore said to him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:

�� Note:‑ The jews had already tried and convicted Jesus Christ their going to

�� Pilate was to have Jesus Christ cruelly tortured to death by crucifixion. (Shortly

�� after this the jews stoned Stephen to death.) Mercy is not a word found in the

�� vocabulary of the children of the devil.

�� Leviticus 24:16

�� 16� And he that blasphemeth the name of YHWH, he shall surely be

�� put to death, [and] all the congregation shall certainly stone him:

�� Note:‑ Execution by stoning not crucifixion.

�� as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he

�� blasphemeth the name [of YHWH], shall be put to death.

�� Easton's Bible Dictionary

�� Topics: Crucifix'ion: a common mode of punishment among

�� heathen nations in early times. It is not certain whether it was

�� known among the ancient Jews; probably it was not. The modes of

�� capital punishment according to the Mosaic law were, by the sword

�� (Ex. 21), strangling, fire (Lev. 20), and stoning (Deut. 21). This

�� (crucifixion) was regarded as the most horrible form of death, and to

�� a Jew it would acquire greater horror from the curse in Deut. 21:23.

�� Deuteronomy 21:22 and 23

�� 22 And if a man shall have committed a sin worthy of

�� death, and he must be put to death, and thou shalt hang

�� him on a tree:

�� 23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but

�� thou shalt surely bury him that day; (for he that is

�� hanged [is] accursed of God;) that thy land may not be

�� defiled, which YHWH thy God giveth thee [for] an

�� inheritance. {accursed...: Heb. the curse of God}

�� This punishment began by subjecting the sufferer to scourging. In

�� the case of our Lord, however, His scourging was rather before the

�� sentence was passed upon him, and was inflicted by Pilate for

�� the purpose, probably, of exciting pity and procuring His

�� escape from further punishment (Luke 23:22; John 19:1). The

�� condemned one carried his own cross to the place of execution,

�� which was outside the city, in some conspicuous place set apart for

�� the purpose. Before the nailing to the cross took place, a medicated

�� cup of vinegar mixed with gall and myrrh (the sopor) was given, for

�� the purpose of deadening the pangs of the sufferer. Our Lord refused

�� this cup, that his senses might be clear (Matt. 27:34). The spongeful

� ��of vinegar, sour wine, posca, the common drink of the Roman

�� soldiers, which was put on a hyssop stalk and offered to our Lord in

�� contemptuous pity (Matt. 27:48; Luke 23:36), He tasted to allay the

�� agonies of His thirst (John 19:29). The accounts given of the

�� crucifixion of our Lord are in entire agreement with the customs and

�� practices of the Roman in such cases. He was crucified between two

�� "malefactors" (Isa. 53:12; Luke 23:32), and was watched by a party

�� of four soldiers (John 19:23; Matt. 27:36, 54), with their centurion.

�� The "breaking of the legs" of the malefactors was intended to hasten

�� death, and put them out of misery (John 19:31); but the unusual

�� rapidity of our Lord's death (19:33) was due to His previous

�� sufferings and His great mental anguish. The omission of the

�� breaking of His legs was the fulfilment of a type (Ex. 12:46). He

�� literally died of a broken heart, a ruptured heart, and hence the

�� flowing of blood and water from the wound made by the soldier's

�� spear (John 19:34). Our Lord uttered seven memorable words from

�� the cross, namely, (1) Luke 23:34; (2) 23:43; (3) John 19:26; (4)

�� Matt. 27:46, Mark 15:34; (5) John 19:28; (6) 19:30; (7) Luke 23:46.

�� John Chapter 18 continued:‑

�� 32 That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which He spoke, signifying what

�� death He should die.

�� 33 Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said

�� to Him, Art Thou the King of the Jews?

�� 34 Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing from thyself, or did others tell it

�� thee concerning Me?

�� 35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thy own nation and the chief priests have

�� delivered Thee to me: what hast thou done?

�� 36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if My kingdom were of this

�� world, then would My servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the

�� Jews: but now is My kingdom not from here.

�� 37 Pilate therefore said to Him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou

�� sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the

�� world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Every one that is of the truth

�� heareth My voice.

�� 38 Pilate saith to Him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out

�� again to the Jews, and saith to them, I find in Him no fault.

�� 39 But ye have a custom, that I should release to you one at the passover: will

�� ye therefore that I release to you the King of the Jews?

�� 40 Then they all cried again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas

�� was a robber.

�� John 19:1. Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged [Him].

�� 2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put [it] on His head, and they

�� put on Him a purple robe,

�� 3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote Him with their hands.

�� 4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith to them, Behold, I bring Him forth

�� to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in Him.

�� 5 Then Jesus came forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And

�� [Pilate] saith to them, Behold the man!

�� 6 When therefore the chief priests and officers saw Him, they cried out, saying,

�� Crucify [Him], crucify [Him]. Pilate saith to them, Take ye Him, and crucify

�� [Him]: for I find no fault in Him.

�� 7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law He ought to die,

�� because He made Himself the Son of God.

�� Note:‑ Their "Talmudic" tradition of the elders law not GOD's Law.

�� 8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;

�� Question? What was Pilate afraid of?

�� Answer:‑ The jews.

�� 9 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith to Jesus, Where art Thou

�� from? But Jesus gave him no answer.

�� 10 Then saith Pilate to Him, Speakest thou not to me? knowest thou not that I

�� have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?

�� 11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power against Me, except it

�� were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered Me to thee

�� hath the greater sin.

�� Note:‑ Three times Pilate tried to free Jesus Christ, But the enemies of YHWH

�� would not have it.

�� 12 And from then on Pilate sought to release Him: but the Jews cried

�� out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: Whoever

�� maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.

�� 13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat

�� down on the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the

�� Hebrew, Gabbatha.

�� 14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth (6th) hour: and

�� he saith to the Jews, Behold your King!

�� 15 But they cried out, Away with [Him], away with [Him], crucify Him. Pilate

�� saith to them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have

�� no king but Caesar.

�� Note:‑ The kings, rulers of this world, the Roman Caesars were controlled by

�� the jews as the ruler of today are controlled by the jews.

�� 16. Then therefore he delivered Him to them (the chef priests) to be crucified.

� ��And they (the chef priests) took Jesus, and led [Him] away.

�� 17 And He bearing His cross went forth into a place called [the place] of a skull,

�� which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:

�� 18 Where they crucified Him, and two (2) others with Him, on either side one,

�� and Jesus in the midst.

�� 19. And Pilate wrote a title, and put [it] on the cross. And the writing was,

�� JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.

�� 20 Many of the Jews then read this title: for the place where Jesus was

�� crucified was near to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, [and] Latin.

�� 21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the

�� Jews; but that He said, I am King of the Jews.

�� 22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.

�� 23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments, and

�� made four (4) parts, to every soldier a part (there were 4 soldiers); and also [His]

�� coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. {woven:

�� or, wrought}

�� Question? Where these Roman soldiers or temple guards under the authority of

�� the priests?

�� Answer:‑ Roman soldiers, because there is not evidence that the execution of

�� thee two other malefactors was anything but a strictly a Roman affair.

�� 24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it,

�� whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted

�� My raiment among them, and for My vesture they cast lots. These things

�� therefore the soldiers did.

�� 25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother's sister,

�� Mary the [wife] of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. {Cleophas: or, Clopas}

�� Note:‑ Four (4) women

�� Easton's Bible Dictionary

�� Topics: Cle'ophas: (in the spelling of this word h is inserted by

�� mistake from Latin MSS.), rather Cleopas, which is the Greek form

�� of the word, while Clopas is the Aramaic form. In John 19:25 the

�� Authorized Version reads, "Mary, the wife of Clopas." The word

�� "wife" is conjecturally inserted here. If "wife" is rightly inserted, then

�� Mary was the mother of James the Less, and Clopas is the same as

�� Alphaeus (Matt. 10:3; 27:56).

�� John Chapter 19 continued:‑

�� 26 When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple standing by, whom

�� He loved (The Apostle John), He saith to His mother, Woman, behold thy son!

�� 27 Then saith He to the disciple (John), Behold thy mother! And from that hour

�� that disciple took her to his own [home].

�� Note:‑ This scene confirms the fact that Joseph the husband of Jesus mother

�� was dead was dead.

�� 28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the

�� scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.

�� 29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a sponge with

�� vinegar, and put [it] upon hyssop, and put [it] to His mouth.

�� 30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, It is finished: and He

�� bowed His head, and gave up the ghost.

�� 31. The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should

�� not remain upon the cross on the sabbath, (for that sabbath was a great day,)

�� besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and [that] they might be taken

�� away.

�� 32 Then came the soldiers, and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who

�� was crucified with Him.

�� 33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that He was dead already, they broke

�� not His legs:

�� 34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced His side, and immediately came

�� out blood and water.

�� 35 And He (John) that saw [it] bore witness, and his (John's) witness is true: and

�� he knoweth that he speaketh truth, that ye may believe.

�� 36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of

�� Him shall not be broken.

�� 37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on Him whom they

�� pierced.

�� Acts 2:22 and 23

�� 22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by

�� God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by Him in

�� the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:

�� 23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God,

�� ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

�� Note:‑ Three times Pilate tried to free Jesus Christ, But the enemies of GOD

�� would not have it. Pilate openly washed his hands of the whole matter.

�� Acts 2:36

�� 36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that

�� same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

�� Acts 3:12 ‑ 17

�� 12. And when Peter saw [it], he answered to the people, Ye men of Israel, why

�� marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own

�� power or holiness we had made this man to walk?

�� 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath

�� glorified His Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied Him in the presence

�� of Pilate, when he (Pilate) was determined to let [Him] go.

�� 14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be

�� granted to you;

�� 15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; to which

�� we are witnesses. {Prince: or, Author}

�� 16 And His name through faith in His name hath made this man strong, whom

�� ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect

�� soundness in the presence of you all.

�� 17 And now, brethren. I know that through ignorance ye did [it], as [did] also

�� your rulers.

�� Acts 4:5 ‑ 31

�� 5. And it came to pass on the next day, that their (Israel/Judah's) rulers, and

�� elders, and scribes,

�� 6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as

�� many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at

�� Jerusalem.

�� 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by

�� what name, have ye done this?

�� 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Ye rulers of the people,

�� and elders of Israel,

�� 9 If we this day are examined concerning the good deed done to the impotent

�� man, by what means he is made well;

�� 10 Be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of

�� Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead,

�� [even] by Him doth this man stand here before you in good health.

�� 11 This is the Stone which was rejected by you builders, which is become the

�� head of the corner.

�� 12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is no other name under

�� heaven given among men, by which we must be saved.

�� 13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they

�� were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of

�� them, that they had been with Jesus.

�� 14 And beholding the man who was healed standing with them, they could say

�� nothing against it.

�� 15. But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they

�� conferred among themselves,

�� 16 Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle

�� hath been done by them [is] apparent to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and

�� we cannot deny [it].

�� Note:‑ There is that was performed is an accepted fact and not in question.

�� 17 But that it may spread no further among the people, let us strictly threaten

�� them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

�� 18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in

�� the name of Jesus.

�� 19 But Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it is right in the

�� sight of God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye.

�� 20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

�� 21 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing

�� how they might punish them, because of the people: for all [men] glorified God

�� for that which was done.

�� 22 For the man was over forty (40) years old, on whom this miracle of healing

�� was performed.

�� 23. And being released, they went to their own company, and reported all that

�� the chief priests and elders had said to them.

�� 24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord,

�� and said, YHWH, Thou [art] God, who hast made heaven, and earth, and the

�� sea, and all that is in them:

�� 25 Who by the mouth of Thy servant David hast said, Why did the nations rage,

�� and the people imagine vain things?

�� 26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together

�� against YHWH, and against His Christ.

�� 27 For in truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both

�� Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were

�� gathered together,

�� 28 To do whatever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

�� 29 And now, YHWH, behold their threatenings: and grant to Thy servants, that

�� with all boldness they may speak Thy Word,

�� 30 By stretching forth thy hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done

�� by the name of thy holy child Jesus.

�� 31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were

�� assembled; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the

�� Word of God with boldness.

�� Acts 5:17 ‑ 42

�� 17. Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the

�� sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation, {indignation: or, envy}

�� 18� And laid their (the high priest, and all they that were with him) hands on the

�� apostles, and put them in the common prison.

�� 19� But the angel of YHWH by night opened the prison doors, and brought them

�� forth, and said,

�� 20� Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.

�� 21� And when they heard [that], they entered into the temple early in the

�� morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him,

�� and called the council together, and all the elders of the children of Israel, and

�� sent to the prison to have them brought.

�� 22� But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned,

�� and told,

�� 23� Saying, The prison truly we found shut with all safety, and the keepers

�� standing outside before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man

�� within.

�� 24 Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests

�� heard these things, they were greatly perplexed about them as to what would

�� come of this.

�� 25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in

�� prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

�� 26. Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence:

�� for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

�� 27 And when they had brought them, they set [them] before the council: and the

�� high priest asked them,

�� 28 Saying, Did we not strictly command you that ye should not teach in this

�� name? and, behold, ye (Apostles of Jesus Christ) have filled Jerusalem with your

�� doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us (the council and

�� the high priest).

� ��29 Then Peter and the [other] apostles answered and said, We ought to obey

�� God rather than men.

�� 30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

�� 31 Him hath God exalted with His right hand (power) [to be] a Prince and a

�� Saviour, to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

�� 32 And we are His witnesses of these things; and [so is] also the Holy Spirit,

�� whom God hath given to them that obey Him.

�� 33 When they heard [that], they were cut [to the heart], and took counsel to slay

�� them (the apostles).

�� 34 Then stood up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a teacher of

�� the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the

�� apostles forth a little time;

�� 35 And said to them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to

�� do concerning these men.

�� 36 For before these days rose Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to

�� whom a number of men, about four hundred (400), joined themselves: who was

�� slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nothing.

�� {obeyed: or, believed}

�� 37 After this man rose Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away

�� many people after him: he also perished; and all, [even] as many as obeyed him,

�� were dispersed. {obeyed: or, believed}

�� 38 And now I say to you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this

�� counsel or this work is from men, it will come to nothing:

�� 39 But if it is from God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest perhaps ye be

�� found even to fight against God.

�� Note:‑ This work of spreading the Good News (Gospel) of Jesus Christ has not

�� been overthrown!!

�� 40 And to him they assented: and when they had called the apostles, and

�� beaten [them], they commanded that they should not speak in the name of

�� Jesus, and let them go.

�� 41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were

�� counted worthy to suffer shame for His name.

�� 42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and

�� preach Jesus Christ.

�� Acts 7:51 ‑ 8:4 ‑ The First Martyr Stephen

�� 51. Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the

�� Holy Spirit: as your fathers [did], so [do] ye.

�� 52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain

�� them who showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been

�� now the betrayers and murderers:

�� 53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept

�� [it].

�� 54. When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed

�� on him with [their] teeth.

�� 55 But he (Stephen), being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into

�� heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

�� 56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on

�� the right hand of God.

�� 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon

�� him with one accord,

�� Acts 8 1. And Saul (Paul) was consenting to his death. And at that time there

�� was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they

�� were all scattered throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the

�� apostles.

�� 2� And devout men carried Stephen [to his burial], and made great lamentation

�� over him.

�� 3� As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering into every house, and

�� dragging off men and women committed [them] to prison.

�� 4. Therefore they that were scattered went every where preaching the Word.

�� Acts 9:4 and 5

�� 4� And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why

�� persecutest thou Me?

�� 5� And he said, Who art Thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou

�� persecutest: [it is] hard for thee to kick against the goads.

�� Note:‑ At this time Paul was yet a Pharisee practicing the "Tradition of the

�� Elders," which later became Judaism.

�� Acts 22:7and 8

�� 7� And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul,

�� Saul, why persecutest thou Me?

�� 8� And I answered, Who art Thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am

�� Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

�� Acts 26:14 and 15

�� 14� And when we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice

�� speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul,

�� why persecutest thou Me? [it is] hard for thee to kick against the

�� goads.

�� 15� And I said, Who art Thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom

�� thou persecutest.

�� Acts 9:23 and 24

�� 23. And after many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him (Paul):

�� 24 But their laying in wait was known to Saul (Paul). And they watched the

�� gates day and night to kill him (Paul). (See Second Corinthians Chapter 11:33

�� below)

�� Acts 10:39

�� 39 And we are witnesses of all things which He (Jesus Christ) did both in the

�� land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; Whom they slew and hanged on a tree:

�� Acts 12:1 ‑ 3

�� 1. Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth [his] hands to afflict

�� certain of the church. {stretched...: or, began}

�� 2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

�� 3 And because he (Herod) saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to

�� take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)

�� Acts� 13:49 ‑ 50

�� 49� And the Word of YHWH was proclaimed throughout all the region.

�� 50� But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief

�� men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled

�� them from their region.

�� Acts 21:27 ‑ 22:30

�� 27. And when the seven (7) days were almost ended, the Jews who were from

�� Asia, when they saw him (Paul) in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid

�� hands on him,

�� 28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all [men] every

�� where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further hath brought

�� Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.

�� 29 (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom

�� they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)

�� 30 And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul,

�� and drew him out of the temple: and immediately the doors were shut.

�� 31 And as they went about to kill him, tidings came to the chief captain of the

�� band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

�� 32 Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them: and

�� when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they ceased beating Paul.

�� 33 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded [him] to

�� be bound with two (2) chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had

�� done.

�� 34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he

�� could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried

�� into the barracks.

�� 35 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne by the

�� soldiers for the violence of the people.

�� 36 For the multitude of the people followed, crying, Away with him.

�� 37 And as Paul was to be led into the barracks, he said to the chief captain, May

�� I speak to thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?

�� 38 Art not thou that Egyptian, who before these days madest an uproar, and

�� leddest out into the wilderness four thousand (4,000) men that were murderers?

�� 39 But Paul said, I am a man [who is] a Jew of Tarsus, [a city] of Cilicia, a

�� citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, permit me to speak to the people.

�� 40 And when he had given him permission, Paul stood on the stairs, and

�� beckoned with the hand to the people. And when there was made a great

�� silence, he spoke to [them] in the Hebrew language, saying,

�� Acts 22

�� 1. Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence [which I make] now to you.

�� 2 (And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they

�� kept the more silence: and he saith,)

�� 3. I am verily a man [who is] a Jew, born in Tarsus, [a city] in Cilicia, yet

�� brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, [and] taught according to the

�� perfect manner of the law of the fathers, being zealous toward God, as ye all are

�� this day.

�� 4 And I persecuted this way (Christianity) to the death, binding and delivering

�� into prisons both men and women.

�� 5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the council of the elders:

�� from whom also I received letters to the brethren (of Israel), and went to

�� Damascus, to bring them who were there bound to Jerusalem, to be punished.

�� 6 And it came to pass, that, as I was on my journey, and had come near to

�� Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light around

�� me.

�� 7 And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why

�� persecutest thou Me?

�� 8 And I answered, Who art Thou, Lord? And He said to me, I am Jesus of

�� Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

�� 9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they

�� heard not the voice of Him that spoke to me.

�� 10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Arise, and go into

�� Damascus; and there it shall be told thee concerning all things which are

�� appointed for thee to do.

�� 11 And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of

�� them that were with me, I came into Damascus.

�� 12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of

�� all the Jews who dwelt [there],

�� 13 Came to me, and stood, and said to me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And

�� the same hour I looked up upon him.

�� 14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest

�� know His will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of His mouth.

�� 15 For thou shalt be his witness to all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

�� 16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins,

�� calling on the name of YHWH.

�� 17 And it came to pass, that, when I had come again to Jerusalem, even while I

�� prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;

�� 18 And saw him saying to me, Make haste, and depart quickly from Jerusalem:

�� for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

�� 19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue

�� them that believed on thee:

�� 20 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by,

�� and consenting to his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.

�� 21 And he said to me, Depart: for I will send thee far away to the Gentiles

�� (Nations).

�� 22. And they hearkened to him until this word, and [then] lifted up their voices,

�� and said, Away with such a [fellow] from the earth: for it is not fit that he should

�� live.

�� 23 And as they cried out, and cast off [their] clothes, and threw dust into the air,

�� 24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the barracks, and bade

�� that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know for what cause

�� they cried so against him.

�� 25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion that stood by,

�� Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?

�� 26 When the centurion heard [that], he went and told the chief captain, saying,

�� Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.

�� 27 Then the chief captain came, and said to him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He

�� said, Yea.

�� 28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum I obtained this freedom.

�� And Paul said, But I was [free] born.

�� 29 Then immediately they departed from him who were about to examine him:

�� and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and

�� because he had bound him. {examined him: or, tortured him}

�� 30 On the next day, because he would have known the certainty why he was

�� accused by the Jews, he loosed him from [his] bands, and commanded the chief

�� priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him

�� before them.

�� Acts 23:12 ‑ 30

�� 12. And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound

�� themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they

�� had killed Paul. {under a curse: or, with an oath of execration}

�� 13 And they were more than forty who had made this conspiracy.

�� 14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound

�� ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.

�� 15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring

�� him down to you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more

�� perfectly concerning him: and we, before he shall come near, are ready to kill

�� him.

�� Note:‑ No pretext of a trial, just murder Paul.

�� 16 And when the son of Paul's sister heard of their lying in wait, he went and

�� entered into the barracks, and told Paul.

�� 17 Then Paul called one of the centurions to [him], and said, Bring this young

�� man to the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.

�� 18 So he took him, and brought [him] to the chief captain, and said, Paul the

�� prisoner called me to [him], and asked me to bring this young man to thee, who

�� hath something to say to thee.

�� 19 Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went [with him] aside

�� privately, and asked [him], What is that thou hast to tell me?

�� 20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring

�� down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would enquire somewhat

�� concerning him more perfectly.

�� 21 But do not thou yield to them: for there are of them who lie in wait for him

�� (Paul) more than forty (40) men, who have bound themselves with an oath, that

�� they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now they are ready,

�� looking for a promise from thee.

�� 22 So the chief captain [then] let the young man depart, and charged [him, See

�� thou] tell no man that thou hast shown these things to me.

�� 23 And he called to [him] two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred (200)

�� soldiers to go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and spearmen two hundred,

�� at the third hour of the night;

�� 24 And provide for [them] beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring [him] safe

�� to Felix the governor.

�� 25 And he wrote a letter after this manner:

�� 26 Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix [sendeth] greeting.

�� 27 This man was taken by the Jews, and should have been killed by them: then

�� I came with a body of soldiers, and rescued him, having understood that he was

�� a Roman.

�� 28 And when I would have known the cause for which they accused him, I

�� brought him forth into their council:

�� 29 Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have

�� nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.

�� 30 And when it was told to me that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent

�� immediately to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before

�� thee what [they had] against him. Farewell.

�� Acts 25:1 ‑ 15

�� 1. Now when Festus had come into the province, after three days he ascended

�� from Caesarea to Jerusalem.

�� 2 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and

�� besought him,

�� 3 And desired favour against him, that he would send for him (Paul) to

�� Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

�� 4 But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he

�� himself would depart shortly [there].

�� 5 Let them therefore, said he, who among you are able, go down with [me], and

�� accuse this man, if there is any wickedness in him.

�� 6 And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down to

�� Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be

�� brought. {more...: or, as some copies read, no more than eight or ten days}

�� 7 And when he had come, the Jews who came down from Jerusalem stood

�� around, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could

�� not prove.

�� 8 While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither

�� against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I committed any offence.

�� 9 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a favour, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou

�� go to Jerusalem, and there be judged concerning these things before me?

�� 10 Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be

�� judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.

�� 11 For if I am an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse

�� not to die: but if there is none of these things of which these accuse me, no man

�� may deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar.

�� 12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou

�� appealed to Caesar? to Caesar thou shalt go.

�� 13. And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to greet

�� Festus.

�� 14 And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause to

�� the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix:

�� 15 About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the

�� Jews informed [me], desiring [to have] judgment against him.

�� Acts 26:20 and 21

�� 20 But showed first to them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all

�� the region of Judaea, and [then] to the Gentiles, that they should repent and

�� turn to God, and do works fit for repentance.

�� 21 For these causes the Jews caught me (Paul) in the temple, and went about

�� to kill [me].

�� First Corinthians 2:6 ‑ 8

�� 6. However we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom

�� of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nothing:

�� 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, [even] the hidden [wisdom],

�� which God ordained before the world to our glory:

�� 8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known [it], they

�� would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

�� Second Corinthians� 11:23 ‑ 33

�� 23� Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I (Paul) [am] more; in

�� labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in

�� deaths often.

�� 24� From the Jews five (5) times I received forty (40) [stripes] save one.

�� 25� Thrice (3x) was I beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice (3x) I suffered

�� shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;

�� 26� [In] journeyings often, [in] perils of waters, [in] perils of robbers, [in]

�� perils by [my own] countrymen, [in] perils by the heathen, [in] perils in

�� the city, [in] perils in the wilderness, [in] perils in the sea, [in] perils among

�� false brethren;

�� 27� In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in

�� fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

�� 28� Besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the

�� care of all the churches.

�� 29� Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is led into sin, and I am not

�� incensed?

�� 30� If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern my infirmities.

�� 31� The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed for evermore,

�� knoweth that I lie not.

�� 32� In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the

�� Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:

�� 33� And through a window in a basket I was let down by the wall, and escaped

�� his hands.

�� Note:‑ This was because of the jews see Acts Chapter 9:23 and 34.

�� Galatians 5:11

�� 11� And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution?

�� then hath the offence of the cross ceased.

�� Question? Who would be interested in whether Paul preached circumcision or

�� not?

�� Answer:‑ Those of the circumcision, the jews.

�� Galatians 6:12 and 13

�� 12� As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they constrain you to be

�� circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.

�� 13� For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire

�� to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.

�� First Thessalonians 2:13 ‑ 15

�� 13. For this cause also we thank God without ceasing, because, when ye

�� received the word of God which ye heard from us, ye received [it] not [as] the

�� word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh

�� also in you that believe.

�� 14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea

�� are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things from your own

�� countrymen, even as they [have] from the Jews:

�� 15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have

�� persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:

�� {persecuted us: or, chased us out}

�� Note:‑ Nowhere in the Scripture is blame ever cast on the Romans for being

�� responsible for the death of Jesus Christ. I do not know how many times I have

�� heard a preacher or a TV preacher say the Romans killed or crucified Jesus

�� Christ. At the best they are deceiving the sheep of Jesus Christ by their ignorant

�� omission of the whole account. At worst thy are doing it to deliberately lead the

�� sheep of GOD astray.

�� Revelation 2:9

�� 9� I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and [I

�� know] the blasphemy of them who say they are Jews, and are not, but [are] the

�� synagogue of Satan.

�� Question? What is blasphemy?

�� Answer:‑ The jews Saying that they are children of the House of Judah, which

�� is part of United Israel, the wife of YHWH this after the jews had killed YHWH

�� on the cross.

�� They were rich, in faith, and heirs of a kingdom, though poor in this world; they

�� were rich with the riches of Christ, with the blessings of the covenant, with the

�� graces of the Spirit, and in good works; they were kings and priests unto God,

�� had a kingdom of grace here, and a right to the kingdom of glory hereafter; and

�� were heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ."And [I know] the blasphemy of

� ��them which say they are Jews, and are not"; who asserted themselves to be the

�� true Israel of God, Jews that were so inwardly, regenerate persons, or truly

�� Christians; for the Christians, baptized persons, were by the Heathens called

�� Jews; but these were not, they professed Christianity in words, but in works

�� denied it; they were men of bad principles and practices, and both blasphemed

�� the ways and doctrines of Jesus Christ themselves, and caused them to be

�� blasphemed by others also; they were false Christians, and they were introducers

�� of Pagan and Jewish rites into the church, and were men of flagitious lives and

�� conversations, and paved the way for the man of sin: "but [are] the synagogue of

�� Satan": were the children of the devil, imitated him, and were influenced by him,

�� and were/are the antichrist, whose coming was after the working of Satan.

�� Revelation 3:9

�� 9� Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews,

�� and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy

�� feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

�� Question? Who are these "Jews" who say they are Jews, and are not, but do

�� lie?

�� Answer:‑� Those who call themselves jews today.

�� Question? Is there any more Scriptural evidence

�� from the

�� New Testament which is missing?

�� Answer:‑

�� Please Email Your Additional Scriptural Evidence From The New

�� Testament to Christian Bible Study

�� Question? Who Killed Jesus Christ and His Disciples?

�� (No cheating Father is watching)

�� Write Your Answer Here:‑

�� __________________________

�� (See studies on the Antichrist for additional aid in answering.)

�� See study of:‑ Who Killed the Prophets of YHWH?

�� This quiz will be graded by the King upon His

�� return (perhaps sooner).

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