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

While they were speaking to the people, they were surprised by the priests, the commander of the temple, and the Sadducees,

On hearing this the commander of the temple and the high priests were quite at a loss to know what to make of it.

For every

And when his family heard this, they set out to get hold of him, for what they said was, "He is out of his mind."

A number of them said, "He is mad. Why listen to him?"

there was not a synagogue where I did not often punish them and force them to blaspheme; and in my frantic fury I persecuted them even to foreign towns.

'I am beside myself,' am I? Well, that is between myself and God. I am 'sane,' am I? Well, that is in your interests;

And maketh

When he entered the temple, the high priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, "What authority have you for acting in this way? Who gave you this authority?"

Are you greater than our father Abraham? He is dead, and the prophets are dead. Who do you claim to be?"

The Jews retorted, "We mean to stone you, not for a good deed, but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, make yourself God."

That thou

they laid hands on the apostles and put them into the public prison,

On receiving so strict a charge, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.

but I was lowered in a basket from a loophole in the wall, and so managed to escape his clutches.)

Have no fear of what you are to suffer. The devil indeed is going to put some of you in prison, that you may be tested; you will have a distressful ten days. Be faithful, though you have to die for it, and I will give you the crown of Life.