Acts 4:27

The Believers Pray For Continued Bold Witness

²⁶ The kings of the earth take their stand, and rulers meet together against the Lord and against his Messiah.' ²⁷ For in this city both Herod and Pontius Pilate actually met together with unbelievers and the people of Israel to oppose your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, ²⁸ to carry out everything that your hand and will had predetermined to take place.

Holy Servant Jesus

People of Israel

Tribes of Israel

Your Holy Servant Jesus

Holy Child Jesus

Thy Holy Child Jesus

Christ

Herod

Israel

Jerusalem

Jesus

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Pontius Pilate

Matthew 27:2

They bound him with chains, led him away, and handed him over to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

Acts 4:30

as you stretch out your hand to heal and to perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus."

Job 14:4

Who can produce a clean thing from an unclean thing? No one!

Job 15:14

"What is mankind, that he can be blameless? Or does being born of a woman mean he'll be in the right?

Job 25:4

How can a human being become right with God? How can a human being be pure?

Psalm 2:2

As the kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers conspire together against the LORD and his anointed one, they say,

Psalm 2:6

"I have set my king on Zion, my holy mountain."

Psalm 45:7

You love justice and hate wickedness. That is why God, even your God, has anointed you rather than your companions with the oil of gladness.

Isaiah 49:7

"This is what my Lord says the LORD your Redeemer, O Israel, and his Holy One to one despised by people, to those abhorred as a nation, to the servant of rulers: "Kings see and arise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, the one who has chosen you."

Isaiah 53:3

"He was despised and rejected by others, and a man of sorrows, intimately familiar with suffering; and like one from whom people hide their faces; and we despised him and did not value him.

Isaiah 61:1

"The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed and to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives, and release from darkness for the prisoners;

Zechariah 11:7-8

So I became shepherd of the flock marked for slaughter, paying attention to the oppressed of the flock. I took two staffs naming one "Pleasant" and the other one "Union" - and then I pastured the flock.

Matthew 2:13-16

After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt," he said. "Stay there until I tell you, because Herod intends to search for the child and kill him."

Matthew 14:1

At that time Herod the tetrarch, hearing about the fame of Jesus,

Matthew 20:18-19

"See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death.

Matthew 21:28

"But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, "Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'

Matthew 23:37

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones to death those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

Matthew 26:3-4

Then the high priests and the elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

Matthew 26:59-68

Meanwhile, the high priests and the whole Council were looking for false testimony against Jesus in order to have him put to death.

Matthew 27:11-36

Meanwhile, Jesus was made to stand in front of the governor. The governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus said, "You say so."

Matthew 27:40-43

and saying, "You who were going to destroy the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days save yourself! If you're the Son of God, come down from the cross!"

Mark 10:33

Once again, Jesus took the Twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to him. "Pay attention! We're going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and the scribes, and they'll condemn him to death. Then they'll hand him over to the unbelievers,

Mark 14:1-2

Now it was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The high priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus secretly and to have him put to death,

Mark 14:43-65

Just then, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. A crowd armed with swords and clubs was with him. They were from the high priests, the scribes, and the elders.

Mark 15:1-27

As soon as it was morning, the high priests convened a meeting with the elders and scribes and the whole Council. They bound Jesus with chains, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

Mark 15:31

In the same way, the high priests, along with the scribes, were also making fun of him among themselves. They kept saying, "He saved others, but can't save himself!

Luke 1:35

The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come over you, and the power of the Most High will surround you. Therefore, the child will be holy and will be called the Son of God.

Luke 4:18

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; he has anointed me to tell the good news to the poor. He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to set oppressed people free,

Luke 9:22

He said, "The Son of Man must suffer a great deal and be rejected by the elders, the high priests, and the scribes. Then he must be killed, but on the third day he will be raised."

Luke 13:31-33

At that hour some Pharisees came and told Jesus, "Leave and get away from here, because Herod wants to kill you!"

Luke 18:31-33

Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, "Pay attention! We're going up to Jerusalem. Everything written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled,

Luke 20:13-19

"Then the owner of the vineyard said, "What should I do? I'll send my son whom I love. Maybe they'll respect him.'

Luke 22:1-6

Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was near.

Luke 22:47-52

While Jesus was still speaking, a crowd arrived. The man called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them, and he came close to Jesus to kiss him.

Luke 22:63-5

Then the men who were holding Jesus in custody began to make fun of him while they beat him.

Luke 23:7-38

When he learned with certainty that Jesus came from Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him off to Herod, who was in Jerusalem at that time.

John 1:11

He came to his own creation, yet his own people did not receive him.

John 10:36

how can you say to the one whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world, "You're blaspheming,' because I said, "I'm the Son of God'?

John 18:1-14

After Jesus had said all of this, he went with his disciples across the Kidron valley to a place where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered.

John 18:19-24

Then the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his own teaching.

John 18:28-24

Then Jesus was led from Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters early in the morning. The Jews did not go into the headquarters, to avoid becoming unclean and unable to eat the Passover meal.

John 19:34

Instead, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water immediately came out.

Acts 2:27

For you will not abandon my soul to Hades or allow your Holy One to experience decay.

Acts 3:13-14

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob the God of our ancestors has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you betrayed and rejected in the presence of Pilate, even though he had decided to let him go.

Acts 10:38

God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and because God was with him, he went around doing good and healing everyone who was oppressed by the devil.

Hebrews 7:26

We need such a high priest one who is holy, innocent, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.