24 Bible Verses about Punishment, Legal Aspects Of

Then he tossed the money into the temple and left, and went off and hanged himself.

Christ ransomed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us -- for the Scripture says, "Cursed be everyone who is hanged on a tree" --

There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had issued an edict for all Jews to leave Rome. So Paul paid them a visit,

Then he set Barabbas free for them, but had Jesus flogged and turned over to be crucified.

So, as Pilate wanted to satisfy the crowd, he set Barabbas free for them, but after having Jesus flogged, he turned Him over to be crucified.

So then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged.

But Paul said to them, "They beat us in public and that without a trial, and put us in jail although we are Roman citizens! Let them come here themselves and take us out!"

Five times I have taken thirty-nine lashes from the Jews,

And the king was sorry, but on account of his oath and his guests, he ordered it to be given her. And he sent and had John beheaded in prison.

and so at once ordered a soldier of his guard to bring his head. The soldier went off and beheaded John in the prison

But when Herod heard of Him, he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead."

He had James the brother of John murdered with a sword,

Then I saw thrones and those who were seated on them, and permission was granted them to pass judgment, even those who had been beheaded for bearing testimony to Jesus and for preaching the word of God, who refused to worship the wild beast and his statue, and would not let his mark be stamped upon their foreheads and upon their hands. They lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

If from merely human motives I have fought wild beasts here in Ephesus, what profit will it be to me? If the dead are never raised at all, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall be dead."

The God of our forefathers raised Jesus to life after you had hanged Him on a cross and killed Him.

We are witnesses of everything that He did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. Yet they murdered Him by hanging Him upon a tree.

they had the apostles arrested and put into the common jail.

He had him seized and put into prison, and turned him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, planning after the Passover to bring him out again to the people.

After flogging them severely, they put them into jail, and gave the jailer orders to keep close watch on them.

he said, "I will carefully hear your case as soon as your accusers arrive." Then he ordered him to be kept in custody in Herod's palace.

That was what I did at Jerusalem; yes, I received authority from the high priests and shut behind the prison bars many of God's people. Yes, when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them, and often in all the synagogues

Are they ministers of Christ? So am I. I am talking like a man that has gone crazy -- as such I am superior! -- serving Him with labors greater by far, with far more imprisonments, with floggings vastly worse, and often at the point of death.

Still others stood the test of taunts and tortures, and even chains and prisons.

They continued stoning Stephen as he continued praying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"