Thematic Bible: An officer of civil law


Thematic Bible




The multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be beaten with rods. Verse ConceptsCrowdsAttackingMarketsSuffering, Causes OfPersecution Of The Apostle PaulPeople Stripping People

For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison. Verse ConceptsdisagreementsImprisonmentsJudgesOfficersReconciliation, Between BelieversLitigationHanding Over PeopleStress And Hard TimesReconciliationPurgatoryeffortjail

You, Ezra, after the wisdom of your God who is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God; and teach him who doesn't know them. Verse ConceptsGod, Wisdom OfJudgesMagistratesBeyond The RiverTeaching The Way Of God

When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, "These men, being Jews, are agitating our city, Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfTroubling Groups Of Peoplerelentless

Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people who were therein, how they lived in security, in the way of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land, possessing authority, that might put [them] to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with any man. Verse ConceptsSearchingSecurityMannersMagistratesQuietnessFar From HereMen Of PeaceRelationships And Dating

But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, "Let those men go." Verse ConceptsOfficersDaybreakAt Daybreak

The sergeants reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans,