6 occurrences

'Criminal' in the Bible

Because the sentence against a criminal act is not carried out quickly, the heart of people is filled with the desire to commit crime.

At that time Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs, as if I were a criminal, to capture Me? Every day I used to sit, teaching in the temple complex, and you didn’t arrest Me.

But Jesus said to them, “Have you come out with swords and clubs, as though I were a criminal, to capture Me?

Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple police, and the elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as if I were a criminal?

They answered him, “If this man weren’t a criminal, we wouldn’t have handed Him over to you.”

I suffer for it to the point of being bound like a criminal, but God’s message is not bound.

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