Thematic Bible: Allusions to judicial affairs of


Thematic Bible



And when we were come to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard; but he permitted Paul to have an apartment by himself, with a soldier only who guarded him. Verse ConceptsArrestingempiresGuardsHousesIsolated Persons

Then the tribune approaching him, laid hold on him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains; and asked who he was, and what he had done. Verse Conceptsevangelists, ministry ofChainsIron ChainsInterrogatingWho Is This?What Do You Do?Two Other Things

The Lord grant mercy unto the household of Onesiphorus because he frequently was a refreshment to my soul, and was not ashamed of my chain: Verse ConceptsChainsIntimacyFriendship, Examples OfIron ChainsBe Merciful!People Refreshedempathy

Now when Herod was going to bring him forth, the same night was Peter fast asleep between the two soldiers, fastened to them with two chains: and the guards before the door kept the prison. Verse ConceptsLeisure, And PastimesSleep, PhysicalGod Is ImmanentIron ChainsDuring One NightTwo Other ThingsTwo Other MenSleeping Peacefullytrailsjail

Pilate then said to them, Take him yourselves, and according to your own law judge him. The Jews then said to him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death: Verse ConceptsLimitednessDeath Penalty For KillingFulfilling The Lawautonomy

But ye have a custom, that I should release to you one person at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews? Verse ConceptsCustomChrist Is King Of IsraelPeople Releasing Others

Then saith Pilate to him, Dost thou not speak to me? dost thou not know that I have power to crucify thee, and that I have power to release thee? Verse ConceptsHuman Authority, Nature OfCourage, Examples OfChrist Being SilentAuthority Delegated To PeoplePeople Releasing Others

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, for each soldier a part; and his vest: now the vest was without a seam, woven from the upper parts throughout the whole. Verse ConceptsClothBody Of Christ, Physical DeathCrucifixion, Of ChristDressInner GarmentsDividing PlunderGarmentscrucifixion

Then having crucified him, they parted his garments, casting the lot: that it might be fulfilled, what was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and for my vesture they threw the lot. Verse ConceptsClothingBody Of Christ, Physical DeathCasting LotsTortureChrist's Fulfilment Of ProphecyGamblingChrist Was KilledDividing PlunderCrucifixion, Of ChristGarmentsgamescrucifixion

And he said, The Jews have agreed together to entreat thee that to-morrow thou wouldest bring down Paul into the sanhedrim, as about to make some more accurate inquiry concerning him. Verse ConceptsAgreement, Example OfInvestigating

and provide beasts, that setting Paul thereon, you may convey him safely to Felix the governor. And he wrote a letter containing this form of words: Claudius Lysias to his excellence the governor Felix, greeting. read more.
This person had been seized by the Jews, and was ready to be slain by them: but coming on them with the guard, I rescued him out of their hands, having understood that he was a Roman citizen.

I will give thee a thorough hearing, said he, when thy accusers are also come hither. And he commanded them to be kept under guard in Herod's praetorium. Verse ConceptsGuardsPalacesPunishment, Legal Aspects Of

To whom I replied, That it was not customary for Romans to give up any man gratuitously to destruction, before that the person accused should have his accusers produced face to face, and be allowed opportunity to defend himself against the charge. When therefore they were come here together, making no demur, the very next day I sat on the tribunal, and commanded the man to be brought. Against whom his accusers standing forth, brought no charge of such things as I expected: read more.
but only pleaded against him certain disputes about their own mode of religious worship, and about one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.

the military tribune commanded him to be brought into the fortress, ordering that he should be put to the question by scourging; that he might know for what cause they clamoured so loudly against him. Verse ConceptsScourgingInterrogatingChiliarchsWhy Do Others Do This?serenity

Immediately then they who were about to put him to the question, withdrew from him: and indeed the tribune dreaded the consequences, when he knew that he was a Roman citizen, that he had even gone so far as to bind him. Verse ConceptsChainsTying UpCitizens

Then he released unto them Barabbas: but having scourged Jesus, he delivered him up to be crucified. Thereupon the soldiers of the governor taking Jesus away to the Praetorium, gathered around him the whole band:

For indeed if I have committed any crime, or done aught worthy of death, I object not to be put to death: but if there is nothing in those things whereof they accuse me, no man dare gratify them by abandoning me to them. I appeal unto Caesar. Then Festus, after conferring with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed to Caesar? to Caesar shalt thou go.

And Pilate also wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And this was the writing: JESUS THE NAZAREAN, 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 might have been discharged, if he had not appealed to Caesar. Verse ConceptsPeople Releasing Others