Thematic Bible: Challenged
Thematic Bible
Divinity » Challenged » By the jewish people
For this reason the Jewish leaders were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God.
You aren't greater than our father Abraham who died, are you? And the prophets died too! Who do you claim to be?"
The Jewish leaders replied, "We are not going to stone you for a good deed but for blasphemy, because you, a man, are claiming to be God."
Divinity » Challenged » By satan
The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread."
and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written, 'He will command his angels concerning you' and 'with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"
Divinity » Challenged » On the crossby the rabble
Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying, "You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are God's Son, come down from the cross!"
Divinity » Challenged » By the soldiers
The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine, and saying, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!"
Divinity » Challenged » By the chief priests
In the same way even the chief priests -- together with the experts in the law -- were mocking him among themselves: "He saved others, but he cannot save himself! Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, that we may see and believe!" Those who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.
Divinity » Challenged » By the scribes and elders
Now one day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and the experts in the law with the elders came up and said to him, "Tell us: By what authority are you doing these things? Or who it is who gave you this authority?"
Divinity » Challenged » By one of the thieves
One of the criminals who was hanging there railed at him, saying, "Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself and us!"
Divinity » Challenged » By the rulers
The people also stood there watching, but the rulers ridiculed him, saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, his chosen one!"
Divinity » Challenged » By scribes and pharisees
Then the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to think to themselves, "Who is this man who is uttering blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"