James 5:6

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Summary

James 5:6

Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

Have

And he

1 Peter 2:22

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Have

Yet you dishonored that poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?

“But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance!’

This is why I am sending you prophets, sages, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and hound from town to town.

The chief priests and the elders, however, persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to execute Jesus.

They will ban you from the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering service to God.

“Men of Israel, listen to these words: This Jesus the Nazarene was a man pointed out to you by God with miracles, wonders, and signs that God did among you through Him, just as you yourselves know.

But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer given to you.

let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead—by Him this man is standing here before you healthy.

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They even killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.

For the residents of Jerusalem and their rulers, since they did not recognize Him or the voices of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, have fulfilled their words by condemning Him.

Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear the sound of His voice.

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us; they displease God and are hostile to everyone,

And he

He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet He did not open His mouth.
Like a lamb led to the slaughter
and like a sheep silent before her shearers,
He did not open His mouth.

But I tell you, don’t resist an evildoer. On the contrary, if anyone slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

Or do you think that I cannot call on My Father, and He will provide Me at once with more than 12 legions of angels?

But Jesus responded, “No more of this!”

And touching his ear, He healed him.

He went back into the headquarters and asked Jesus, “Where are You from?” But Jesus did not give him an answer.

Now the Scripture passage he was reading was this:

He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
and as a lamb is silent before its shearer,
so He does not open His mouth.

He did not commit sin,

and no deceit

was found in His mouth;