Jeremiah 26:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The judges and the other people told the priests and prophets, “Since Jeremiah only told us what the LORD our God had said, we don't think he deserves to die.”

Cross References

Esther 4:14

If you don't speak up now, we will somehow get help, but you and your family will be killed. It could be that you were made queen for a time like this!”

Psalm 94:16

Who will stand up for me against those cruel people?

Proverbs 16:7

When we please the LORD, even our enemies make friends with us.

Jeremiah 26:11

While they listened, the priests and the prophets said to the crowd, “All of you have heard Jeremiah prophesy that Jerusalem will be destroyed. He deserves the death penalty.”

Jeremiah 36:19

The officials said, “You and Jeremiah must go into hiding, and don't tell anyone where you are.”

Jeremiah 37:15

They were angry and ordered the soldiers to beat me. Then I was taken to the house that belonged to Jonathan, one of the king's officials. It had been turned into a prison, and I was kept in a basement room. After I had spent a long time there,

Matthew 27:54

The officer and the soldiers guarding Jesus felt the earthquake and saw everything else that happened. They were frightened and said, “This man really was God's Son!”

Luke 23:41

We got what was coming to us, but he didn't do anything wrong.”

Luke 23:47

When the Roman officer saw what had happened, he praised God and said, “Jesus must really have been a good man!”

Acts 23:29

and learnt that the charges concern only their religious laws. This man isn't guilty of anything for which he should die or even be put in jail.

Acts 23:9

and so there was a lot of shouting. Some of the teachers of the Law of Moses were Pharisees. Finally, they became angry and said, “We don't find anything wrong with this man. Perhaps a spirit or an angel really did speak to him.”

Acts 25:25

I have not found him guilty of any crime deserving death. But because he has asked to be judged by the Emperor, I have decided to send him to Rome.