Jeremiah 26:16
And then the leaders and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets: “There is no judgment of death against this man. For he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.”
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Jeremiah 26:11And the priests and the prophets spoke to the leaders and to all the people, saying: “A judgment of death is for this man. For he has prophesied against this city, just as you have heard with your own ears.”
Jeremiah 36:25Yet truly, Elnathan, and Delaiah, and Gemariah contradicted the king, so that he might not burn the book. But he did not listen to them.
Matthew 27:23The procurator said to them, “But what evil has he done?” But they cried out all the more, saying, “Let him be crucified.”
Luke 23:14said to them: “You have brought before me this man, as one who disturbs the people. And behold, having questioned him before you, I find no case against this man, in those things about which you accuse him.
Luke 23:47Now, the centurion, seeing what had happened, glorified God, saying, “Truly, this man was the Just One.”
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 26:8-16
Jeremiah Prosecuted for His Preaching; Jeremiah's Defence. ( b. c. 608.) 7 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord . 8 Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die. 9 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the Lord , saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this… Read the whole commentary →