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Acts 5:34-39
A Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered the men to be taken outside for a little while.He said to them,“ Men of Israel, be careful about what you’re going to do to these men.Not long ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a group of about 400 men rallied to him. He was killed, and all his partisans were dispersed and came to nothing.After this man, Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the census and attracted a following. That man also perished, and all his partisans were scattered.And now, I tell you, stay away from these men and leave them alone. For if this plan or this work is of men, it will be overthrown;but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You may even be found fighting against God.” So they were persuaded by him.
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Acts 23:9
The shouting grew loud, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ party got up and argued vehemently:“ We find nothing evil in this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”
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Acts 23:29
I found out that the accusations were about disputed matters in their law, and that there was no charge that merited death or chains.
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Jeremiah 36:25
Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah had urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.
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Jeremiah 36:19
The officials said to Baruch,“ You and Jeremiah must hide yourselves and tell no one where you are.”
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Acts 25:25
Now I realized that he had not done anything deserving of death, but when he himself appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.
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Esther 4:14
If you keep silent at this time, liberation and deliverance will come to the Jewish people from another place, but you and your father’s house will be destroyed. Who knows, perhaps you have come to your royal position for such a time as this.”
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Matthew 27:23-24
Then he said,“ Why? What has He done wrong?” But they kept shouting,“ Crucify Him!” all the more.When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that a riot was starting instead, he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said,“ I am innocent of this man’s blood. See to it yourselves!”
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Acts 26:31-32
and when they had left they talked with each other and said,“ This man is doing nothing that deserves death or chains.”Then Agrippa said to Festus,“ This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
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Matthew 27:54
When the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they were terrified and said,“ This man really was God’s Son!”
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Jeremiah 38:7-13
But Ebed-melech, a Cushite court official employed in the king’s palace, heard Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Benjamin Gate,Ebed-melech went from the king’s palace and spoke to the king:“ My lord the king, these men have been evil in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern where he will die from hunger, because there is no more bread in the city.”So the king commanded Ebed-melech, the Cushite,“ Take from here 30 men under your authority and pull Jeremiah the prophet up from the cistern before he dies.”So Ebed-melech took the men under his authority and went to the king’s palace to a place below the storehouse. From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them by ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.Ebed-melech the Cushite cried out to Jeremiah,“ Place these old rags and clothes between your armpits and the ropes.” Jeremiah did so,and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern, but he continued to stay in the guard’s courtyard.
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Luke 23:14-15
and said to them,“ You have brought me this man as one who subverts the people. But in fact, after examining Him in your presence, I have found no grounds to charge this man with those things you accuse Him of.Neither has Herod, because he sent Him back to us. Clearly, He has done nothing to deserve death.
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Jeremiah 26:11
Then the priests and prophets said to the officials and all the people,“ This man deserves the death sentence because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears.”
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Proverbs 16:7
When a man’s ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
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Luke 23:41
We are punished justly, because we’re getting back what we deserve for the things we did, but this man has done nothing wrong.”
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Luke 23:47
When the centurion saw what happened, he began to glorify God, saying,“ This man really was righteous!”
