Thematic Bible: Slandered


Thematic Bible



But one of the Elders said to me. "Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, and so can open the book with its seven seals."

Behold, there came to him a Canaanite woman of those parts. She wailed loudly, saying. "Pity me, Lord, thou Son of David! My daughter is possessed of an evil spirit."


And all the crowds were amazed, and he began to say, "Can this be the Son of David?"

And the crowds who preceded and those who followed after him shouted again and again, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed be he who is coming in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"

and many kept rebuking him and telling him to be quiet, but he only shouted much louder, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

While he was teaching in the Temple courts, Jesus in his turn asked. "How is it that the Scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?

"Does not the Scripture say that the Christ is coming of the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, David's town?"

this gospel is concerning his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of David's posterity in respect of his bodily nature,

Always remember that Jesus Christ, a descendant of David, has been raised from the dead according to the gospel I proclaim.



Presently some of the Pharisees came up to him, and made test of him by asking, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for every cause?"

Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might ensnare him during conversation.

And the Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, by way of testing him.

Presently some Pharisees came up and tested him, by asking if it was lawful for a man to divorce his wife.

But they sent some of the Pharisees to Jesus afterward, and some of the Herodians to entrap him in conversation.

laying in wait for him, in order to catch a word from his lips.

So they watched him, and sent spies who pretended to be honest men, in order to seize on his speech, and to deliver him up to authority and jurisdiction of the governor.








So even the Christ was not raised to the high glory of the priesthood by himself, but on the contrary by Him who said to him. Thou art my Son; this day have I become thy Father;




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."

They also set up false witnesses who testified. "This fellow is continually talking against the Holy Place and against the law.


"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.