When Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes and put sackcloth over his bare flesh; he fasted, lay in the sackcloth, and went about dejectedly.
Matthew 27:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 He said, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? See to it yourself.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Saying, I have sinned in betraying innocent blood. They replied, What is that to us? See to that yourself. American Standard Version (1901) saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou to it. Common English Bible said, “I did wrong because I betrayed an innocent man.” But they said, “What is that to us? That’s your problem.” Catholic Public Domain Version saying, "I have sinned in betraying just blood." But they said to him: "What is that to us? See to it yourself." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Saying: I have sinned in betraying innocent blood. But they said: What is that to us? look thou to it. |
When Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes and put sackcloth over his bare flesh; he fasted, lay in the sackcloth, and went about dejectedly.
and also for the innocent blood that he had shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to pardon.
As for you, you whitewash with lies; all of you are worthless physicians.
They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
Then he summoned Moses and Aaron in the night and said, “Rise up, go away from my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, serve the Lord, as you said.
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said to them, “This time I have sinned; the Lord is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.
Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will be bringing innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and its inhabitants, for in truth the Lord sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.”
Then they cried out to the Lord, “Please, O Lord, we pray, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life. Do not make us guilty of innocent blood, for you, O Lord, have done as it pleased you.”
While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for today I have suffered a great deal because of a dream about him.”
Now when the centurion and those with him, who were keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were terrified and said, “Truly this man was God’s Son!”
A third time he said to them, “Why, what evil has he done? I have found in him no ground for the sentence of death; I will therefore have him flogged and then release him.”
And we indeed have been condemned justly, for we are getting what we deserve for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong.”
When the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God and said, “Certainly this man was innocent.”
The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he has claimed to be the Son of God.”
Even though they found no cause for a sentence of death, they asked Pilate to have him killed.
Now we know that, whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.
They profess to know God, but they deny him by their actions; they are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.
For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.
We must not be like Cain, who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous.
and the inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and exchange presents, because these two prophets tormented the inhabitants of the earth.
Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
Then Saul said, “I have sinned; yet honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, so that I may worship the Lord your God.”
for he took his life in his hand when he attacked the Philistine, and the Lord brought about a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced; why then will you sin against an innocent person by killing David without cause?”