Watchman Willie Martin Archive



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).



Reference Materials