Luke 23:2 Cross References - NSB

² They accused him, saying: »We found this man perverting our nation. He forbids payment of tax to Caesar. He claims to be Christ a king.«

¹⁷ Ahab saw Elijah. He said: »Is it you, Israel’s troublemaker?«

¹⁰ »Get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him and give witness that he has been cursing God and the king. Then take him out and have him stoned to death.« ¹¹ So the elders and nobles in authority in his town did as Jezebel said in the letter she sent them. ¹² They gave orders for a day of public sorrow and put Naboth at the head of the people. ¹³ The two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people. They said: »Naboth has been cursing God and the king.« Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death.

¹¹ Violent witnesses bring charges against me. They ask me things I know nothing about.

⁴ They plan to force him out of his high position. They are happy to lie. They bless with their mouths, but in their hearts they curse.

³ Their words cut like swords, and their cruel remarks sting like sharp arrows. ⁴ They fearlessly ambush and shoot innocent people. ⁵ They are determined to do evil, and they tell themselves: Let us set traps! No one can see us. ⁶ They devise evil plans and say: We will commit the perfect crime. The thoughts and the heart of man are deep.

¹⁰ For I have heard the whispering of many: »Terror on every side! Denounce him; yes, let us denounce him!« All my trusted friends are watching for my fall. They say: »Perhaps he will be deceived, so that we may prevail against him and take our revenge on him.«

¹³ When he came to Benjamin Gate, the captain of the guard there, whose name was Irijah, son of Shelemiah and grandson of Hananiah, arrested the prophet Jeremiah. He said: »You are deserting to the Babylonians!« ¹⁴ Jeremiah answered: »That is not true! I am not deserting to the Babylonians.« But Irijah would not listen to him. Irijah arrested Jeremiah and took him to the officials. ¹⁵ The officials were so angry with Jeremiah that they beat him and put him in prison in the scribe Jonathan's house, which had been turned into a prison.

⁴ The officials went to the king and said: »This man must be put to death. By talking like this he is making the soldiers in the city lose their courage. He is doing the same thing to everyone else left in the city. He is not trying to help the people. He only wants to hurt them.«

¹⁰ Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying: »Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.«

⁸ »And I eliminated the three shepherds in one month. I was tired of them, and they also abhorred me (found me repugnant).

²⁷ »We will not cause them trouble. Go to the sea, and let down a hook, and take the first fish you catch. You will see money (a stater coin) in its mouth. Give it to them for me and for you.«

²¹ »Caesar’s,« they said. Then he said: »Pay Caesar the things that are Caesar’s. Pay God the things that are God’s.«

⁵⁹ The chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for false witness against Jesus. They wanted to put him to death. ⁶⁰ They failed, even though a number of false witnesses came.

¹⁷ Jesus said: »Pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.« They greatly marveled at him.

⁵⁵ Now the chief priests and the whole council looked for witness against Jesus to put him to death. They found none. ⁵⁶ Many gave false witness against him. But their witness was not in agreement.

⁶¹ But he kept quiet and said nothing. Again the high priest questioned him: »Are you the Christ, the son of the Holy One?« ⁶² Jesus said: »I am and you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.«

³ The chief priests accused him of many things. ⁴ Pilate again asked him: »Do you not answer? See how many things they testify against you!« ⁵ But Jesus gave no answer. Pilate wondered.

²⁰ They watched him and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous. The spies listened for something in his speech to deliver him up to the authority of the governor. ²¹ »Teacher,« they said, »we know that you are right in what you say and teach. You are not partial and do not play favorites. Rather you teach the way of God truthfully.« ²² »Is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?« ²³ He perceived their craftiness, and replied: ²⁴ »Show me a denarius. Whose image and superscription does it have?« They said, »Caesar’s.« ²⁵ He said to them: »Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.«

⁶⁹ »Soon the Son of man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.« ⁷⁰ They all asked: »Are you the Son of God?« He said to them: »You say that I am.«

⁵ They were more insistent saying: »He excites the people throughout all Judea, beginning in Galilee even to this place.«

¹⁴ He said: »You brought this man to me as one who perverted the people. I examined him before you and find no fault in this man. He has not done the things you accuse him of.

³⁰ They answered: »If this man were not an evildoer we would not deliver him to you.«

³³ Pilate entered again into the Praetorium. He called Jesus and asked him: »Are you the King of the Jews?« ³⁴ Jesus answered: »You say this about me. Or did others tell you it concerning me?« ³⁵ Pilate answered: »Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered you to me! What have you done?« ³⁶ Jesus answered: »My kingdom is not of this world! If my kingdom were of this world my servants would fight that I should not be delivered to the Jews. My kingdom is not from this domain.« ³⁷ Pilate said: »Are you a king then?« Jesus answered: »As you say I am a king. I was born and came into the world for this purpose, that I should bear witness to the truth! Every one who is of the truth hears my voice.«

¹² As a result of this Pilate sought to release him. The Jews cried out: »If you release this man you are not Caesar’s friend. Every one that makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.«

²⁰ They took them to the magistrates and said: »These men, being Jews, cause great trouble in our city. ²¹ »They offer customs that it is not lawful for us to receive, or to observe, being Romans.«

⁶ When they did not find them they dragged Jason and other brothers before the rulers of the city. They said: »These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also.« ⁷ Jason welcomed them. They all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.

⁵ »We have found this man to be a troublemaker who stirs up sedition (resists lawful authority) among all the Jews throughout the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

¹³ »Neither can they prove the things for which they now accuse me.

¹⁶ Keep a good conscience. When you are spoken against, those who revile your good manner of life in Christ may be put to shame. ¹⁷ It is better to suffer for doing what is right, if suffering is God’s will, than to suffer for doing evil (wrong) (sin). ¹⁸ Because Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit.