Thematic Bible: Allusions to judicial affairs of


Thematic Bible



And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the commandant, but Paul was allowed to dwell by himself with the soldier who guarded him. Verse ConceptsArrestingempiresGuardsHousesIsolated Persons

And the chief captain having come near, he seized him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains. And he inquired whoever he may be, and what it is he has been doing. Verse Conceptsevangelists, ministry ofChainsIron ChainsInterrogatingWho Is This?What Do You Do?Two Other Things

May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain. Verse ConceptsChainsIntimacyFriendship, Examples OfIron ChainsBe Merciful!People Refreshedempathy

And when Herod was about to bring him forth, that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound by two chains. And guards in front of the door guarded the prison. Verse ConceptsLeisure, And PastimesSleep, PhysicalGod Is ImmanentIron ChainsDuring One NightTwo Other ThingsTwo Other MenSleeping Peacefullytrailsjail

Pilate therefore said to them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said to him, It is not permitted for us to kill any man, Verse ConceptsLimitednessDeath Penalty For KillingFulfilling The Lawautonomy

But there is a custom for you that I should release to you one man at the Passover. Do ye wish therefore I would release to you the king of the Jews? Verse ConceptsCustomChrist Is King Of IsraelPeople Releasing Others

Pilate therefore says to him, Thou do not speak to me? Know thou not that I have authority to crucify thee, and I have authority to release thee? Verse ConceptsHuman Authority, Nature OfCourage, Examples OfChrist Being SilentAuthority Delegated To PeoplePeople Releasing Others

The soldiers therefore when they crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. But the tunic was a seamless weave, from the top throughout. Verse ConceptsClothBody Of Christ, Physical DeathCrucifixion, Of ChristDressInner GarmentsDividing PlunderGarmentscrucifixion


And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask thee that to tomorrow thou would bring Paul down to the council, as though going to inquire something more accurately about him. Verse ConceptsAgreement, Example OfInvestigating

And provide beasts, so that after mounting Paul, they may bring him safely to Felix the governor, after writing a letter containing this form: Claudius Lysias to the eminent governor Felix, greeting. read more.
This man who was seized by the Jews, and was going to be killed by them, having stood by with the soldiers, I rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman.

he said, I will hear thee when thine accusers also will arrive. And he commanded him to be kept in the Praetorium of Herod. Verse ConceptsGuardsPalacesPunishment, Legal Aspects Of

To whom I answered, that it is not a custom by Romans to give any man freely for destruction, before the man being accused has the accusers in person, and receives an occasion of defense about the accusation. When therefore they assembled here, not having made one delay, next in order, having sat on the judgment seat, I commanded the man to be brought. About whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought not one cause of what I supposed, read more.
but had certain issues against him about his own religion, and about a certain Jesus, who has died, whom Paul was claiming to be alive.

the chief captain commanded him be brought into the fort, having said to examine him by scourging, so that he might know for what reason they shouted against him this way. Verse ConceptsScourgingInterrogatingChiliarchsWhy Do Others Do This?serenity

Straightway therefore those who were about to examine him withdrew from him. And the chief captain was also afraid when he learned that he was a Roman, and because he was who bound him. Verse ConceptsChainsTying UpCitizens

Then he released Barabbas to them, and having scourged Jesus he delivered him so that he would be crucified. Then the soldiers of the governor, having taken Jesus into the Praetorium, gathered the whole band to him.

For if I am indeed wrong, and have done anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die, but if there is nothing of what these men accuse me, no man can give me to them freely. I appeal Caesar. Then Festus, when he conferred with the council, answered, Thou have appealed Caesar, to Caesar thou will go.

And Pilate also wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And it was written, JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS. Verse ConceptsCrucifixion, Of ChristSarcasmMessianic Titles, King Of The JewsInscriptionsChrist Is King Of IsraelThe Cross

And Agrippa said to Festus, This man could have been released, if he had not appealed Caesar. Verse ConceptsPeople Releasing Others