Bible Cross References
the priests
Jeremiah 2:30
I punished you, but it did no good; you would not let me correct you. Like a raging lion, you have murdered your prophets.
Jeremiah 11:19-21
19
I was like a trusting lamb taken out to be killed, and I did not know that it was against me that they were planning evil things. They were saying, "Let's chop down the tree while it is still healthy; let's kill him so that no one will remember him any more."
20
Then I prayed, "Almighty LORD, you are a just judge; you test people's thoughts and feelings. I have placed my cause in your hands; so let me watch you take revenge on these people."
21
The people of Anathoth wanted me killed, and they told me that they would kill me if I kept on proclaiming the LORD's message.
Jeremiah 12:5
The LORD said, "Jeremiah, if you get tired racing against people, how can you race against horses? If you can't even stand up in open country, how will you manage in the jungle by the Jordan?
Jeremiah 12:6
Even your relatives, members of your own family, have betrayed you; they join in the attacks against you. Do not trust them, even though they speak friendly words."
Jeremiah 18:18
Then the people said, "Let's do something about Jeremiah! There will always be priests to instruct us, the wise to give us counsel, and prophets to proclaim God's message. Let's bring charges against him and stop listening to what he says."
Jeremiah 20:1
When the priest Pashhur son of Immer, who was the chief officer of the Temple, heard me proclaim these things,
Jeremiah 20:2
he had me beaten and placed in chains near the upper Benjamin Gate in the Temple.
Jeremiah 20:8-11
8
Whenever I speak, I have to cry out and shout, "Violence! Destruction!" LORD, I am ridiculed and scorned all the time because I proclaim your message.
9
But when I say, "I will forget the LORD and no longer speak in his name," then your message is like a fire burning deep within me. I try my best to hold it in, but can no longer keep it back.
10
I hear everybody whispering, "Terror is everywhere! So let's report him to the authorities!" Even my close friends wait for my downfall. "Perhaps he can be tricked," they say; "then we can catch him and get revenge."
11
But you, LORD, are on my side, strong and mighty, and those who persecute me will fail. They will be disgraced forever, because they cannot succeed. Their disgrace will never be forgotten.
2 Chronicles 36:16
But they made fun of God's messengers, ignoring his words and laughing at his prophets, until at last the LORD's anger against his people was so great that there was no escape.
Lamentations 4:13
But it happened, because her prophets sinned and her priests were guilty of causing the death of innocent people.
Lamentations 4:14
Her leaders wandered through the streets as though blind, so stained with blood that no one would touch them.
Matthew 21:35-39
35
The tenants grabbed his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
36
Again the man sent other slaves, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way.
37
Last of all he sent his son to them. 'Surely they will respect my son,' he said.
38
But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the owner's son. Come on, let's kill him, and we will get his property!'
39
So they grabbed him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
Matthew 22:6
while others grabbed the servants, beat them, and killed them.
Matthew 23:31-35
31
So you actually admit that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets!
32
Go on, then, and finish up what your ancestors started!
33
You snakes and children of snakes! How do you expect to escape from being condemned to hell?
34
And so I tell you that I will send you prophets and wise men and teachers; you will kill some of them, crucify others, and whip others in the synagogues and chase them from town to town.
35
As a result, the punishment for the murder of all innocent people will fall on you, from the murder of innocent Abel to the murder of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the Temple and the altar.
Matthew 26:3
Then the chief priests and the elders met together in the palace of Caiaphas, the High Priest,
Matthew 26:4
and made plans to arrest Jesus secretly and put him to death.
Matthew 26:59-66
59
The chief priests and the whole Council tried to find some false evidence against Jesus to put him to death;
60
but they could not find any, even though many people came forward and told lies about him. Finally two men stepped up
61
and said, "This man said, 'I am able to tear down God's Temple and three days later build it back up.' "
62
The High Priest stood up and said to Jesus, "Have you no answer to give to this accusation against you?"
63
But Jesus kept quiet. Again the High Priest spoke to him, "In the name of the living God I now put you under oath: tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God."
64
Jesus answered him, "So you say. But I tell all of you: from this time on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right side of the Almighty and coming on the clouds of heaven!"
65
At this the High Priest tore his clothes and said, "Blasphemy! We don't need any more witnesses! You have just heard his blasphemy!
66
What do you think?" They answered, "He is guilty and must die."
Acts 5:33
When the members of the Council heard this, they were so furious that they wanted to have the apostles put to death.
Acts 7:52
Was there any prophet that your ancestors did not persecute? They killed God's messengers, who long ago announced the coming of his righteous Servant. And now you have betrayed and murdered him.
Revelation 18:24
Babylon was punished because the blood of prophets and of God's people was found in the city; yes, the blood of all those who have been killed on earth.