Thematic Bible: Challenged
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Divinity » Challenged » By the jewish people
On this account then the Jews were all the more eager to put Him to death--because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also spoke of God as being in a special sense His Father, thus putting Himself on a level with God.
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Are you really greater than our forefather Abraham? For he died. And the prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?"
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"For no good deed," the Jews replied, "are we going to stone you, but for blasphemy, and because you, who are only a man, are making yourself out to be God."
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Divinity » Challenged » By satan
So the Tempter came and said, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to turn into loaves."
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and said, "If you are God's Son, throw yourself down; for it is written, "'To His angels He will give orders concerning thee, and on their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any moment thou shouldst strike thy foot against a stone.'"
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Divinity » Challenged » On the crossby the rabble
And the passers-by reviled Him. They shook their heads at Him and said, "You who would pull down the Sanctuary and build a new one within three days, save yourself. If you are God's Son, come down from the cross."
Divinity » Challenged » By the soldiers
And the soldiers also made sport of Him, coming and offering Him sour wine and saying, "Are *you* the King of the Jews? Save yourself, then!"
Divinity » Challenged » By the chief priests
In the same way the High Priests also, as well as the Scribes, kept on scoffing at Him, saying to one another, "He has saved others: himself he cannot save! This Christ, the King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe." Even the men who were being crucified with Him heaped insults on Him.
Divinity » Challenged » By the scribes and elders
On one of those days while He was teaching the people in the Temple and proclaiming the Good News, the High Priests came upon Him, and the Scribes, together with the Elders, and they asked Him, "Tell us, By what authority are you doing these things? And who is it that gave you this authority?"
Divinity » Challenged » By one of the thieves
Now one of the criminals who had been crucified insulted Him, saying, "Are not you the Christ? Save yourself and us."
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Divinity » Challenged » By the rulers
and the people stood looking on. The Rulers, too, repeatedly uttered their bitter taunts. "This fellow," they said, "saved others: let him save himself, if he is God's Anointed, the Chosen One."
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Divinity » Challenged » By scribes and pharisees
Then the Scribes and Pharisees began to cavil, asking, "Who is this, uttering blasphemies? Who but God alone can forgive sins?"
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