Jeremiah 29:26

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Summary

The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.

Officers

Acts 4:1

Acts 5:24

For every

And maketh

Matthew 21:23

John 8:53

John 10:33

That thou

Bible References

Officers

AND as they were thus speaking, the priests, and the captain of the temple-guard, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

Now when they heard these words, both the priest and captain of the temple and the chief priests were in the utmost perplexity concerning these things, what could be the meaning of it.

For every

And when his relations heard it, they went out to restrain him, for they said, He is transported beyond all bounds.

Then many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hearken to him?

And in every synagogue oftentimes punishing them, I compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly maddened with rage against them, I persecuted them even to the cities that are without.

For if we are transported out of ourselves, it is for God; or if we are sober-minded, it is for your sake.

And maketh

And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him, as he was teaching, demanding, By what authority doest thou these things? And who gave thee this authority?

Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?

The Jews answered him, For a good work we do not stone thee; but for blasphemy; and that thou, being merely a man, makest thyself God.

That thou

and laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.

who, receiving such an injunction, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

and through a window in a basket I was let down by the wall, and escaped out of his hands.

Fear nothing from the things which thou shalt suffer: lo! the devil will cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have a ten day's tribulation: be thou faithful until death, and I will give thee a crown of life.