But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us openly, uncondemned Romans, and have thrown us into prison. And now do they put us out secretly? No indeed! Let them come themselves and get us out.”
“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
The wicked flee when no one pursues, But the righteous are bold as a lion.
Shall the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law, Have fellowship with You?
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.
I will therefore chastise Him and release Him”