5 occurrences

'Criminal' in the Bible

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.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsUnceasingAlways Being ActiveSitting To TeachChrist TeachingArresting ChristClubsThe Lord As A Thief

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

Verse ConceptsCrowdsBanditsArresting ChristClubsThe Lord As A Thief

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?

Verse ConceptsChief priestsGuardsClubsThe Lord As A Thief

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

Verse ConceptsIndignities Suffered By ChristFalse Accusations, Examples OfHanding Over Christ

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

Verse ConceptsChainsPersecution Of The Apostle PaulSufferingThe Word Of GodHardshipjail

Bible Theasaurus

Criminal (15 instances)
Malefactor (2 instances)
Outlaw (9 instances)
Reprehensible (1 instance)
Vicious (11 instances)

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