Jeremiah 26:16

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Summary

Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.

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Then the officials said to Baruch, "Go and hide, you and Jeremiah, and let no one know where you are."

When Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern--the king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate--

For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"

When a man's ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

And he said, "Why, what evil has he done?" But they shouted all the more, "Let him be crucified!"

and said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. And after examining him before you, behold, I did not find this man guilty of any of your charges against him

But a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law held in honor by all the people, stood up and gave orders to put the men outside for a little while.

Then a great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and contended sharply, "We find nothing wrong in this man. What if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?"

But I found that he had done nothing deserving death. And as he himself appealed to the emperor, I decided to go ahead and send him.

And when they had withdrawn, they said to one another, "This man is doing nothing to deserve death or imprisonment."