Thematic Bible: Indictments


Thematic Bible



"We heard him say, 'I will tear down this temple made by hands, and in three days I will build another temple not made by hands.'" Verse ConceptsAbolitionThe Perfect TempleDestruction Of The TempleRebuilding The Temple

The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he made himself out to be God's Son," Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyClaimsNecessitySonsDeath As PunishmentCalled Himself The ChristEffect Of The LawChild Of God

But Jesus kept silence. Again the high priest addressed him, "I adjure you by the Living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God!" "I am He," Jesus answered; "yet I tell you that from this time on you will see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming upon the clouds of heaven." Then the high priest tore his garments, saying. "He has spoken blasphemy! What further need have we of witnesses? For behold, now you have heard his blasphemy!

However, at last two came forward who said, "This fellow declared, 'I can destroy the Temple of God and build it in three days.'" Verse ConceptsAbolitionThe Perfect TempleDestruction Of The TempleRebuilding The Temple

But he remained silent, and answered nothing. Again the high priest questioned him. "Are you the Christ," he said, "the Son of the Blessed?" "I am," Jesus answered, "and you all shall see the Son of man seated on the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven." Then the high priest tore his vestments. "Why do we need any further witness?" he exclaimed. read more.
"Did you hear his blasphemy? What is your verdict?"

"Are you the Christ? Tell us!" "If I tell you," he answered, "you will not believe; "And if I ask you, you will not answer. "But from henceforth the Son of man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God." read more.
Then they all said, "Are you then the Son of God." "What need we of further evidence? for we ourselves have heard it from his own lips."

In reply they said, "If he had not been a criminal, we should not have handed him over you." Verse ConceptsIndignities Suffered By ChristFalse Accusations, Examples OfHanding Over Christ

After that Pilate began to seek to release him, but the Jews shouted out. "If you release this man you are no friend of the Emperor. Any man who makes himself out to be king is a rebel against the Emperor." Verse ConceptsCaesarClaimsPeople OpposedFriends FailingPeople Set Free By PeoplePeople Releasing Others

Now Jesus stood before the Governor, and the Governor questioned him. "Are you the King of the Jews?" he asked. Verse ConceptsClaimsJews, TheKingship, DivineStandingTreasonInterrogatingAssentingChrist Is King Of Israel

So Pilate went into the Praetorium again, and summoned Jesus. "Are you the King of the Jews?" he said. Verse ConceptsJews, TheRoyal HousesChrist Is King Of Israel


Pilate questioned him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" In reply Jesus said, "It is as you say." Verse ConceptsClaimsJews, TheKingship, DivineInterrogatingAssentingWho Is Jesus?Christ Is King Of IsraelJews

Over his head there was written the words of the charge against him. "The King of the Jews" Verse ConceptsJews, TheAccusations, Against ChristMessianic Titles, King Of The JewsInscriptionsChrist Is King Of Israel

and began to accuse him. "We have found this fellow perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and proclaiming that he is the Messiah and King." Then Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him saying, "Certainly I am."


And Pilate moreover wrote an inscription and placed it above the cross. What he wrote was, "JESUS, THE NAZARENE, KING OF THE JEWS" This inscription was read by many of the Jews, because the place where they crucified Jesus was near the city, and the inscription was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. So the high priests of the Jews said to Pilate, "Do not write 'King of the Jews,' but 'He said, I am King of the Jews.'" read more.
Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written!"

"Jason has received them, and they all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus." Verse ConceptsdefianceKingship, DivineTreasonFalse Accusations, Examples OfWelcoming BelieversDifferent Personacting

"For we have found this fellow a pest, an inciter of insurrection among all the Jews of the empire, and a ringleader in the heresy of the Nazarenes. Verse ConceptsHeresiesPersecution, Forms OfSectsFalse Accusations, Examples OfDissension

"This fellow," they said, "is persuading men to offer unlawful worship to God." Verse ConceptsIntoleranceInciting To EvilHow Not To WorshipBreaking God's Law

"But when his accusers stood up, they did not begin charging him with any of the crimes that I was expecting, but they kept quarreling with him about certain matters connected with their own religion, and about one Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed over and over was alive.

"Now I have nothing very definite to tell our sovereign about him. So I have brought the man before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, in order that, after examination, I may have something to write. "For it does seem to me unreasonable to send a person without signifying the charges against him."








Paul was about to open his mouth, when Gallio said to the Jews. "If it had been some misdemeanor or wicked villainy, it would have been within reason for me to listen to you Jews; but as these are merely questions about words and names and your own law, you yourselves must see to it. I am not willing to be a judge of these matters." And he drove them from the tribunal.

Then they brought them before the praetors, saying. "These fellows are Jews, who are making a great disturbance in our city. "They are teaching customs which it is not lawful for us as Romans to adopt or practise."

Then they instigated some to say, "We have heard him speaking blasphemy against Moses and against God;" and in this way they excited the people. Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfBlasphemy, Falsely AccusedIrreverenceLiesPersecution, Forms OfSecrecyHoly Spirit, Types OfActing In SecretBlasphemy

They also set up false witnesses who testified. "This fellow is continually talking against the Holy Place and against the law. Verse ConceptsCrimesHoliness, As Set Apart For GodJudaism