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Summary
Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
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Jeremiah 26:15
But know for certain that if you kill me, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves and on this city and its residents because the LORD really did send me to you to say all these things for you to hear."
Jeremiah 38:6
So they threw Jeremiah into a cistern that belonged to the king's son Malchijah and was located in the courtyard of the guard. When they let Jeremiah down with ropes, because there was no water in the cistern only mud Jeremiah sank into the mud.
Acts 23:16
But the son of Paul's sister heard about the ambush, so he came and got into the barracks and told Paul.
Acts 25:10
But Paul said, "I am standing before the emperor's judgment seat where I ought to be tried. I haven't done anything wrong to the Jewish leaders, as you know very well.
Acts 28:18
They examined me and wanted to let me go because there was no reason for me to receive the death penalty in my case.
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Jeremiah 38:26
then you are to say to them, "I was presenting my request to the king that I not be taken back to the house of Jonathan to die there.'"