James 5:6

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James 5:6

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

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But you--you insult the poor man! Is not it the rich who oppress you? Is not it they who drag you into law-courts?

But the tenants, on seeing his son, said to each other 'Here is the heir! Come, let us kill him, and get his inheritance.'

That is why I send you Prophets, wise men, and Teachers of the Law, some of whom you will crucify and kill, and some of whom you will scourge in your Synagogues, and persecute from town to town;

But the Chief Priests and the Councillors persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas, and to kill Jesus.

They will expel you from their Synagogues; indeed the time is coming when any one who kills you will think that he is making an offering to God.

Men of Israel, listen to what I am saying. Jesus of Nazareth, a man whose mission from God to you was proved by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God showed among you through him, as you know full well--

You, I say, disowned the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for the release of a murderer!

Let me tell you all and all the people of Israel, that it is by the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead--it is, I say, by his Name that this man stands here before you lame no longer.

Which of the Prophets escaped persecution at their hands? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One; of whom you, in your turn, have now become the betrayers and murderers--

The people of Jerusalem and their leading men, failing to recognize Jesus, and not understanding the utterances of the Prophets that are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.

Then he said 'The God of our ancestors has appointed you to learn his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear words from his lips;

The men who killed both the Lord Jesus and the Prophets, and persecuted us also. They do not try to please God, and they are enemies to all mankind,

And he

I, however, say to you that you must not resist wrong; but, if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him also;

Do you think that I cannot ask my Father for help, when he would at once send to my aid more than twelve legions of angels?

On which Jesus said: "Let me at least do this"; and, touching his ear, he healed the wound.

And, going into the Government House again, he said to Jesus: "Where do you come from?"

The passage of Scripture which he was reading was this--'Like a sheep, he was led away to slaughter, and as a lamb is dumb in the hands of its shearer, so he refrains from opening his lips.

He 'never sinned, nor was anything deceitful ever heard from his lips.'