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Acts 5:34-39
But a Pharisee whose name was Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the council and ordered the men to be put outside for a short time.Then he said to the council,“ Men of Israel, pay close attention to what you are about to do to these men.For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and nothing came of it.After him Judas the Galilean arose in the days of the census, and incited people to follow him in revolt. He too was killed, and all who followed him were scattered.So in this case I say to you, stay away from these men and leave them alone, because if this plan or this undertaking originates with people, it will come to nothing,but if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them, or you may even be found fighting against God.” He convinced them,
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Acts 23:9
There was a great commotion, and some experts in the law from the party of the Pharisees stood up and protested strongly,“ We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”
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Acts 23:29
I found he was accused with reference to controversial questions about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment.
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Jeremiah 36:25
The king did not even listen to Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah, who had urged him not to burn the scroll.
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Jeremiah 36:19
Then the officials said to Baruch,“ You and Jeremiah must go and hide. You must not let anyone know where you are.”
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Acts 25:25
But I found that he had done nothing that deserved death, and when he appealed to His Majesty the Emperor, I decided to send him.
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Esther 4:14
“ Don’t imagine that because you are part of the king’s household you will be the one Jew who will escape. If you keep quiet at this time, liberation and protection for the Jews will appear from another source, while you and your father’s household perish. It may very well be that you have achieved royal status for such a time as this!”
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Matthew 27:23-24
He asked,“ Why? What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more insistently,“ Crucify him!”When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said,“ I am innocent of this man’s blood. You take care of it yourselves!”
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Acts 26:31-32
and as they were leaving they said to one another,“ This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment.”Agrippa said to Festus,“ This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
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Matthew 27:54
Now when the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what took place, they were extremely terrified and said,“ Truly this one was God’s Son!”
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Jeremiah 38:7-13
An Ethiopian, Ebed Melech, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put in the cistern. While the king was holding court at the Benjamin Gate,Ebed Melech departed the palace and went to speak to the king. He said to him,“ Your royal Majesty, those men have been very wicked in all that they have done to the prophet Jeremiah. They have thrown him into a cistern and he is sure to die of starvation there because there is no food left in the city.Then the king gave Ebed Melech the Ethiopian the following order:“ Take thirty men with you from here and go pull the prophet Jeremiah out of the cistern before he dies.”So Ebed Melech took the men with him and went to a room under the treasure room in the palace. He got some worn-out clothes and old rags from there and let them down by ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.Ebed Melech called down to Jeremiah,“ Put these rags and worn-out clothes under your armpits to pad the ropes. Jeremiah did as Ebed Melech instructed.So they pulled Jeremiah up from the cistern with ropes. Jeremiah, however, still remained confined to the courtyard of the guardhouse.
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Luke 23:14-15
and said to them,“ You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. When I examined him before you, I did not find this man guilty of anything you accused him of doing.Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, he has done nothing deserving death.
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Jeremiah 26:11
Then the priests and the prophets made their charges before the officials and all the people. They said,“ This man should be condemned to die because he prophesied against this city. You have heard him do so with your own ears.”
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Proverbs 16:7
When a person’s ways are pleasing to the LORD, he even reconciles his enemies to himself.
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Luke 23:41
And we rightly so, for we are getting what we deserve for what we did, but this man has done nothing wrong.”
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Luke 23:47
Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he praised God and said,“ Certainly this man was innocent!”