6 Bible Verses about Attempts To Kill Christ
Most Relevant Verses
Now when they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod intends to search for the Child in order to destroy Him.”
“Get up! Take the Child and His mother, and go to the land of Israel; for those who sought the Child’s life are dead.”
But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This [man] is the heir; come on, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’
Now the chief priests and the whole Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) tried to get false witnesses to testify against Jesus, so that they might [have a reason to] put Him to death.
But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to put Jesus to death.
Now the chief priests and the entire Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) were trying to obtain testimony against Jesus [which they could use] to have Him [condemned and] executed, but they were not finding any.
Bible Theasaurus
- Attempts (21 instances)
- Kill (408 instances)