Matthew 27:16

saying, “Ha! What do we have to do with you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!”

“For truly, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed,

What fruit then did you have at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

Which of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.

that they all might be judged who didn’t believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit,

but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; but those who keep the law contend with them.

You have condemned and you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn’t resist you.

Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is God’s finger;” but Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.

“ ‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.

who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,

Therefore I will give him a portion with the great. He will divide the plunder with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death and was counted with the transgressors; yet he bore the sins of many and made intercession for the transgressors.

Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

saying, “Ah! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are: the Holy One of God!”

So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.

But they all cried out together, saying, “Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!”—

one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder.

about righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you won’t see me any more;

All the people saw him walking and praising God.

Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

He said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.’

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,

Because knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, and didn’t give thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.

doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.

“To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:

“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice.

The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.

Now therefore deliver up the men, the wicked fellows who are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death and put away evil from Israel.” But Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their brothers, the children of Israel.

Now therefore see the king whom you have chosen, and whom you have asked for. Behold, Yahweh has set a king over you.

The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

of the nations concerning which Yahweh said to the children of Israel, “You shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.” Solomon joined to these in love.

When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!”

When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked, and love those who hate Yahweh? Because of this, wrath is on you from before Yahweh.

Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet.” This pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.

“These are of those who rebel against the light. They don’t know its ways, nor stay in its paths.

“But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.

For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy and condemns Yahweh.

For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.

He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn’t abhor evil.

They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly.

that they may know that this is your hand; that you, Yahweh, have done it.

As I was considering, behold, a male goat came from the west over the surface of the whole earth, and didn’t touch the ground. The goat had a notable horn between his eyes.

The male goat magnified himself exceedingly. When he was strong, the great horn was broken; and instead of it there came up four notable horns toward the four winds of the sky.

They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones;

“They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ “He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.’

So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.”

Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.

There was one called Barabbas, bound with his fellow insurgents, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.

But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.

Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.

They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”

But they insisted, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place.”

He released him who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus up to their will.

For this cause also the multitude went and met him, because they heard that he had done this sign.

Most certainly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and he will do greater works than these, because I am going to my Father.

Then they all shouted again, saying, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.

because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.

But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

Seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

saying, “What shall we do to these men? Because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can’t deny it.

They weren’t able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.

who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.

For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.