52 Bible Verses about enemies, of Jesus Christ
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Now, when they had retired, lo! a messenger of the Lord, appeareth by dream unto Joseph, saying, Arise, take unto thee the child and its mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there, until I tell thee, - for Herod is about to seek the child, to destroy it. And, he, arising, took unto him the child and its mother, by night, and retired into Egypt; and was there, until the death of Herod, - that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt, called I my son.read more.
Then Herod, seeing that he had been mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly enraged, - and sent and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all its bounds, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had ascertained from the wise men. Then was fulfilled, that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying: A voice, in Ramah, was heard, weeping and great mourning, - Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, - because they are not. But, when Herod was, dead, lo! a messenger of the Lord, appeareth by dream unto Joseph in Egypt; saying - Arise! and take unto thee the child and its mother, and be journeying into the land of Israel, - for they are dead, who were seeking the life of the child.
And, he, arising, took unto him the child and its mother, by night, and retired into Egypt; and was there, until the death of Herod, - that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt, called I my son. Then Herod, seeing that he had been mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly enraged, - and sent and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all its bounds, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had ascertained from the wise men.read more.
Then was fulfilled, that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying: A voice, in Ramah, was heard, weeping and great mourning, - Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, - because they are not. But, when Herod was, dead, lo! a messenger of the Lord, appeareth by dream unto Joseph in Egypt; saying - Arise! and take unto thee the child and its mother, and be journeying into the land of Israel, - for they are dead, who were seeking the life of the child.
And, a great sign, appeared in heaven: a woman arrayed with the sun, and, the moon, beneath her feet, and, upon her head, a crown of twelve stars; and she was with child, and crieth out, being in pangs and in anguish to bring forth? And there appeared another sign in heaven; and lo! a great red dragon, - having seven heads and ten horns, and, upon his heads, seven diadems;read more.
and, his tail, draweth the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth. And, the dragon, stood before the woman who was about to bring forth, that, as soon as she should bring forth, he might devour, her child. And she brought forth a son, a manchild, who was about to shepherd all the nations with a sceptre of iron; and her child was caught away unto God and unto his throne.
And, straightway, the Spirit urgeth him forth into the wilderness; and he was in the wilderness, forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts, - and, the messengers, were ministering unto him.
Then, Jesus was led up into the wilderness, by the Spirit, to be tempted by the adversary; and, fasting forty days and forty nights, - afterwards, he hungered. And, coming near, the tempter said to him, - If thou art God's, Son, speak! that, these stones, may become, loaves.read more.
But, he, answering, said, It is written, - Not on bread alone, shall man live, but on every declaration coming forth through the mouth of God. Then, the adversary taketh him with him, unto the holy city, - and he set him upon the pinnacle of the temple; and saith to him - If thou art God's, Son, cast thyself down, - for it is written, To his messengers, will he give charge concerning thee; and, on hands, will they bear thee up, lest once thou strike, against a stone, thy foot. Jesus said to him, Again, it is written, - Thou shalt not put to the test, the Lord thy God. Again, the adversary taketh him with him, into an exceeding high mountain, - and pointeth out to him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory; and said to him, All these things, will I give thee, - if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Withdraw, Satan! for it is written, - The Lord thy God, shalt thou worship, and, to him alone, render divine service. Then, the adversary leaveth him, - and lo! messengers came near, and began ministering unto him.
And, Jesus, full of Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led in the Spirit in the desert, forty days, - being tempted by the adversary; and he did eat nothing in those days, - and, when they were concluded, he hungered. And the adversary said to him - If thou art God's, Son, speak unto this stone; that it become bread.read more.
And Jesus made answer unto him - It is written: Not, on bread alone, shall, man, live. And, leading him up, he shewed him all the kingdoms of the inhabited earth, in a moment of time. And the adversary said to him - Unto thee, will I give this authority, all together, and their glory; because, unto me, hath it been delivered up, and, to whomsoever I please, I give it: Thou, therefore, if thou wilt worship before me, it shall all, be thine. And, answering, Jesus said to him - It is written: The Lord thy God, shalt thou worship, and, unto him alone, render divine service. And he led him into Jerusalem, and set him upon the pinnacle of the temple, - and said to him- If thou art God's, Son, cast thyself, from hence, down; for it is written - Unto his messengers, will he give command concerning thee, to keep vigilant watch over thee, - And, On hands, will they take thee up, lest once thou strike, against a stone, thy foot. And Jesus, answering, said to him - It is said: Thou shalt not put to the test the Lord thy God. And, having concluded every temptation, the adversary departed from him until a fitting season.
And enmity, will I put between thee, and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed, - He shall crush thy head, but, thou, shalt crush his heel.
And, taking him aside, Peter began to rebuke him, saying - Mercy on thee Lord! In nowise, shall, this, befall thee. But, he, turning, said to Peter - Withdraw behind me, Satan! A snare, art thou of mine, because thou art not regarding the things of God, but the things of men.
But Satan entered into Judas, him called Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve;
These things, having said, Jesus, was troubled in spirit, and bare witness, and said - Verily, verily, I say unto you - One from among you, will deliver me up. The disciples began to look one at another, being at a loss concerning whom he was speaking. One of Jesus' disciples was reclining in his bosom, one whom Jesus loved:read more.
so Simon Peter beckoneth unto the same, and saith unto him - Say, Who is it? concerning whom he speaketh. He, falling back thus, upon the breast of Jesus, saith unto him - Lord! who is it? Jesus, therefore, answereth - That one, it is, for whom, I, shall dip the morsel, and give unto him. So, dipping the morsel, he taketh and giveth it unto Judas, son of Simon Iscariot. And, after the morsel, then, entered, Satan, into that man. Jesus, therefore, saith unto him - What thou art doing, do quickly!
And the Pharisees, going forth, took, counsel, against him, to the end that, him, they might destroy.
And, the Pharisees, going out straightway with the Herodians, were giving counsel against him, that they should, destroy, him.
But, they, were filled with folly, and began conversing one with another, as to, what they might do with Jesus.
The kings of earth take their station, and, grave men, have met by appointment together, - against Yahweh, and against his Anointed One saying :
Despised was he, and forsaken of men, Man of pains and familiar with sickness, - Yea, like one from whom the face is hidden, Despised, and we esteemed him not.
Now, when morning came, all the High-priests and Elders of the people took, counsel, against Jesus, so as to put him to death:
On this account, therefore, the rather, were the Jews seeking to slay him, - because, not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but was calling God, his own Father, making, himself, equal, with, God.
And, after these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee; for he was not wishing, in Judaea, to be walking, because the Jews were seeking to slay him.
From that day, therefore, they took counsel, that they might put him to death.
For, hereunto, have ye been called; because, Christ also, suffered in your behalf, unto you, leaving behind a pattern, that ye might follow in his steps: Who did not, a sin, commit, neither was deceit found in his mouth, - Who, being reviled, was not reviling again, suffering, he was not threatening, but was making surrender unto him that judgeth righteously, -read more.
Who, our sins, himself, bare up, in his body, unto the tree, in order that we, from our sins getting away, in righteousness, might live, - by whose stripes, ye have been healed;
But -- that the word which, in their law, is written, might be fulfilled - They hated me without cause.
Let not them who are falsely my foes rejoice over me, As for them who hate me without cause, let them not wink the eye!
More than the hairs of my head, Are they who hate me without cause, - Firmer than my bones, Are they who are my foes for false cause, - What I had not plundered, then, had I to restore.
Then, went one of the twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, unto the High-priests, and said - What are ye willing to give unto me? and, I, unto you, will deliver him up. And they appointed him thirty pieces of silver. And, from that time, was he seeking a favourable opportunity that he might, deliver him up.
For, the son, treateth as foolish, the father, and, the daughter, riseth up against, her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, - The foes of a man, are the men of his own house.
and, as they were eating, he said - Verily, I say unto you, One from among you, will deliver me up. And, being exceedingly grieved, they began to be saying to him, each one - Can it be, I, Lord? And, he, answering, said - He who hath dipped with me his hand in the bowl, the same, will deliver me up.read more.
The Son of Man, indeed, goeth his way, according as it is written concerning him, - But alas! for that man, through whom the Son of Man, is being delivered up: Well, had it been for him, if, that man, had not been born! And Judas, who was delivering him up, answering, said - Can it be, I, Rabbi? He saith unto him - Thou, hast said.
He, falling back thus, upon the breast of Jesus, saith unto him - Lord! who is it? Jesus, therefore, answereth - That one, it is, for whom, I, shall dip the morsel, and give unto him. So, dipping the morsel, he taketh and giveth it unto Judas, son of Simon Iscariot. And, after the morsel, then, entered, Satan, into that man. Jesus, therefore, saith unto him - What thou art doing, do quickly!
The same, by the marked out counsel and foreknowledge of God given up, through the hands of lawless men, suspending, ye slew,
Pilate saith unto them - What then shall I do unto Jesus, who is called Christ? They all say - Let him be crucified!
And, straightway, early, when they had made, a council, the High-priest, with the Elders, and Scribes, and all the High-council, binding Jesus, led him away, and delivered him up unto Pilate.
So they lead Jesus from Caiaphas unto the judgment-hall. Now it was early; and, they themselves, entered not into the judgment-hall, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the passover. Pilate, therefore, went forth outside unto them, and saith, - What accusation bring ye against this man? They answered and said unto him - If this one had not been doing, mischief, unto thee, had we not delivered him up.read more.
Pilate, therefore, said unto them - Ye, take him, and, according to your law, judge ye him. The Jews said unto him - Unto us, it is not allowed, to kill anyone! - that, the word of Jesus, might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying, by what manner of death, he was about to die.
The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, - the God of our fathers, hath glorified his servant Jesus: - whom, ye, indeed, delivered up and denied to Pilate's, face when he had adjudged to release him;
Only they were hearing - He that was persecuting us formerly, now, is announcing the glad-message of the faith which he formerly laid waste;
But, Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, going unto the High-priest, asked from him letters for Damascus, unto the synagogues; to the end that, if he should find, any, who were of The Way, whether men or women, he might bring them, bound, unto Jerusalem. But, as he was journeying, it came to pass that he was drawing near unto Damascus, and, suddenly, there flashed around him a light out of heaven;read more.
And, falling unto the earth, he heard a voice saying unto him - Saul! Saul! why, me, art thou persecuting? And he said - Who art thou, Lord? And, he, said - I, am Jesus, whom, thou, art persecuting! But rise up, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
and, this way, I persecuted unto the death, binding and delivering up into prisons both men and women: - as, even the High-priest, beareth me witness, and all the Eldership, - from whom, letters also, accepting to the brethren, unto Damascus, was I journeying, to bring them who were there bound unto Jerusalem, that they might be punished.
I, therefore, imagined to myself, that, against the name of Jesus the Nazarene, it was needful, many hostile things, to bring about, - which also I did in Jerusalem, yea and, many of the saints, I myself, in prisons, shut up, - the authority, from the High-priests, having received: and, when they were to be put to death, I brought against them my vote; and, throughout all the synagogues, ofttimes punishing them, I would fain have compelled them to defame; and, being excessively maddened against them, I went on to pursue them as far as even the outlying cities.
For, if being enemies we were reconciled unto God through the death of his Son, much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
For, many, are walking - of whom I have often been telling you, and, now, even weeping, am telling, - the enemies of the cross of the Christ;
Now, am I rejoicing in the sufferings on your behalf, and am filling up the things that lack of the tribulations of the Christ, in my flesh, in behalf of his body, which is the assembly,
For he must needs reign, until he shall put all his enemies under his feet: As a last enemy, death, is to be destroyed;
Thou shalt shepherd them with a sceptre of iron, - as a potter's vessel, shalt thou dash them in pieces.
But who may endure the day of his coming? And who is he that can stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' alkali;
The Lord, hath said unto, my Lord, - Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thy foes thy footstool?
The declaration of Yahweh to my Lord - Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
For, David, hath not ascended into the heavens; but he saith, himself, - Said the Lord unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand,
Wherefore also, God, uplifted him far on high, and favoured him with the name which is above every name, - In order that, in the name of Jesus, every knee might bow - of beings in heaven, and on earth, and underground, - And, every tongue, might openly confess - that Jesus Christ is, Lord, unto the glory of God the Father.
If, at least, it is a, righteous thing with God, to recompense, affliction, unto them that afflict you, And, unto you that are afflicted, release, with us, - by the revealing of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with his messengers of power, In a fiery flame; holding forth vengeance - against them that refuse to know God, and them who decline to hearken unto the glad-message of our Lord Jesus,read more.
Who, indeed, a penalty, shall pay - age-abiding destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might - Whensoever he shall come, to be made all-glorious in his saints, and to be marvelled at in all who believed, - because our witness unto you was believed, - in that day.
That no one may cheat, you, in any one respect. Because that day will not set in - except the revolt come first, and there he revealed the man of lawlessness, the son of destruction, The one who opposeth and exalteth himself on high against every one called God, or an object of worship; so that he, within the sanctuary of God, shall take his seat, showeth himself forth, that he is, God: - Remember ye not, that, while I was yet with you, these very things, I was telling you?read more.
And, what now restraineth, ye know, to the end he may be revealed in his own fitting time; For, the secret, of lawlessness, already, is inwardly working itself, - only, until, he that restraineth at present, shall be gone, out of the midst: And, then, shall be revealed the lawless one, - whom, the Lord Jesus, will slay with the Spirit of his mouth, and paralyse with the forthshining of his Presence: -
But, to which of the messengers, hath he said, at any time - Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thy foes thy footstool?
