Jeremiah 20:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

I heard

Matthew 26:59

Report

Luke 20:20

Acts 6:11

Acts 24:1

All my familiars

Luke 11:53

Luke 12:52

We shall

General references

Matthew 10:36

Mark 3:2

Bible References

I heard

Now the leading priests and the entire Council [called "the Sanhedrin"] looked for false witnesses [to testify] against Jesus, in order to put Him to death.

Report

And they kept watching Him, [even] sending informants who pretended to be good [men], in order to get hold of something He said so they could turn Him over to the ruling authority of the governor.

Then they enlisted men to say [i.e., to testify falsely against Stephen, verse 13], "We heard him criticizing Moses and [even] God."

Five days later the head priest, Ananias, came down [to Caesarea] with certain [Jewish] elders and an attorney [named] Tertullus, who brought their case against Paul before the governor.

All my familiars

And when Jesus left there [i.e., probably the Pharisee's house. See verse 37], the experts in the law of Moses and the Pharisees began opposing Him with hostility and bombarding Him with many questions,

For from now on there will be a household of five persons divided [against one another], three against two and two against three.

We shall

Now [because of this] Herodias had a grudge against John and wanted to kill him, but had not been able to.

But when the Jewish officials heard this, they were deeply convicted in their hearts and determined to kill the apostles.

Now when the Council members heard these things they were enraged and ground their teeth at him.

When daylight came, [a group of] Jews conspired together, agreeing under oath that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

General references

[In fact] a person's enemies will be members of his own family [i.e., in some cases].

And the Pharisees were watching Him to see if He would heal the man on the Sabbath day, so that they could [find a reason to] accuse Him.