Jeremiah 26:16

The Passion Translation

Then all the leaders and the people said to the priests and prophets, “This man does not deserve to die, for he has spoken to us in the name of Yahweh our God.”

Cross References

Psalm 94:16

Lord, who will protect me from these wicked ones? If you don’t stand to defend me, who will? I have no one but you!

Proverbs 16:7

When the Lord is pleased with the decisions you’ve made, he activates grace to turn enemies into friends.

Jeremiah 26:11

Then the priests and prophets said to the leaders and all the people, “This man deserves to die, since he has prophesied horrible things against this city, which you yourselves have heard.”

Jeremiah 34:10

All the leaders and all the people made an agreement that everyone should free their slaves, men or women, and no longer keep them enslaved, so they set every slave free.

Jeremiah 36:19

Then they said to him, “For your own safety, you and Jeremiah must go into hiding. Don’t let anyone know where you are.”

Jeremiah 36:25

Although Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah begged the king not to burn the scroll, he brushed them off and paid no attention to them.

Jeremiah 37:15

The officials were furious with me, and they beat me and locked me up in the house of Jonathan, the court secretary, which they had made into a prison.

Matthew 27:54

Now, when the Roman military officer and his soldiers witnessed what was happening and felt the powerful earthquake, they were extremely terrified. They said, “There is no doubt, this man was the Son of God!”

Luke 23:41

We deserve to be condemned. We’re just being repaid for what we’ve done. But this man—he’s done nothing wrong!”

Luke 23:47

When the Roman captain overseeing the crucifixion witnessed all that took place, he was awestruck and glorified God. Acknowledging what they had done, he said, “I have no doubt; we just killed the righteous one.”

Acts 23:29

I discovered that he was being accused with reference to violating controversial issues about their law, but I found no charge against him that deserved death or imprisonment.

Acts 23:9

This sparked an even greater uproar among them. Finally, some of the separated ones who were religious scholars stood up and protested strongly, saying, “We find nothing wrong with this man. It could be that the Spirit has spoken to him or an angel came to him.”

Acts 25:25

Yet upon investigation I couldn’t find one thing that he has done to deserve the death penalty. When he appealed to His Majesty the emperor, I determined to send him.