'Kill' in the Bible

Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Though he wanted to kill him, he feared the crowd, since they regarded him as a prophet.

They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised up.” And they were deeply distressed.

“But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance!’

This is why I am sending you prophets, sages, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and hound from town to town.

“Then they will hand you over for persecution, and they will kill you. You will be hated by all nations because of My name.

and they conspired to arrest Jesus in a treacherous way and kill Him.

Then He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do what is good or to do what is evil, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent.

So Herodias held a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not,

For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill Him, and after He is killed, He will rise three days later.”

and they will mock Him, spit on Him, flog Him, and kill Him, and He will rise after three days.”

“But those tenant farmers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!’

After two days it was the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a treacherous way to arrest and kill Him.

Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’

“And I say to you, My friends, don’t fear those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more.

At that time some Pharisees came and told Him, “Go, get out of here! Herod wants to kill You!”

and after they flog Him, they will kill Him, and He will rise on the third day.”

“But when the tenant farmers saw him, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let’s kill him, so the inheritance will be ours!’

You will even be betrayed by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will kill some of you.

This is why the Jews began trying all the more to kill Him: Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

After this, Jesus traveled in Galilee, since He did not want to travel in Judea because the Jews were trying to kill Him.

Didn’t Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill Me?”

“You have a demon!” the crowd responded. “Who wants to kill You?”

Some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Isn’t this the man they want to kill?

So the Jews said again, “He won’t kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘Where I’m going, you cannot come’?”

I know you are descendants of Abraham, but you are trying to kill Me because My word is not welcome among you.

But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this!

A thief comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.

So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.

Therefore the chief priests decided to kill Lazarus also

Though He was delivered up according to God’s determined plan and foreknowledge, you used lawless people to nail Him to a cross and kill Him.

When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them.

Do you want to kill me, the same way you killed the Egyptian yesterday?

After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him,

but their plot became known to Saul. So they were watching the gates day and night intending to kill him,

He conversed and debated with the Hellenistic Jews, but they attempted to kill him.

Then a voice said to him, “Get up, Peter; kill and eat!”

Then I also heard a voice telling me, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat!’

When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison open, he drew his sword and was going to kill himself, since he thought the prisoners had escaped.

As they were trying to kill him, word went up to the commander of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in chaos.

for the mass of people followed, yelling, “Take him away!”

So now you, along with the Sanhedrin, make a request to the commander that he bring him down to you as if you were going to investigate his case more thoroughly. However, before he gets near, we are ready to kill him.”

Don’t let them persuade you, because there are more than 40 of them arranging to ambush him, men who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they kill him. Now they are ready, waiting for a commitment from you.”

asking him to do them a favor against Paul, that he might summon him to Jerusalem. They were preparing an ambush along the road to kill him.

For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple complex and were trying to kill me.

The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners so that no one could swim away and escape.

We know that the law is not meant for a righteous person, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and irreverent, for those who kill their fathers and mothers, for murderers,

I will kill her children with the plague. Then all the churches will know that I am the One who examines minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you according to your works.

And I looked, and there was a pale green horse. The horseman on it was named Death, and Hades was following after him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill by the sword, by famine, by plague, and by the wild animals of the earth.

They were not permitted to kill them but were to torment them for five months; their torment is like the torment caused by a scorpion when it strikes a man.

So the four angels who were prepared for the hour, day, month, and year were released to kill a third of the human race.

When they finish their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, conquer them, and kill them.