When the priest Pashhur son of Immer, who was the chief officer of the Temple, heard me proclaim these things,

he had me beaten and placed in chains near the upper Benjamin Gate in the Temple.

Jehoiada did not want Athaliah killed in the Temple area, so he ordered the army officers: "Take her out between the rows of guards, and kill anyone who tries to rescue her."

Then the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down; they smashed the altars and the idols, and killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, in front of the altars. Jehoiada put guards on duty at the Temple,

Peter and John were still speaking to the people when some priests, the officer in charge of the Temple guards, and some Sadducees arrived.

When the chief priests and the officer in charge of the Temple guards heard this, they wondered what had happened to the apostles.

Jehu went back to his fellow officers, who asked him, "Is everything all right? What did that crazy fellow want with you?" "You know what he wanted," Jehu answered.

The time for punishment has come, the time when people will get what they deserve. When that happens, Israel will know it! "This prophet," you say, "is a fool. This inspired man is insane." You people hate me so much because your sin is so great.

When his family heard about it, they set out to take charge of him, because people were saying, "He's gone mad!"

Many of them were saying, "He has a demon! He is crazy! Why do you listen to him?"

Many times I had them punished in the synagogues and tried to make them deny their faith. I was so furious with them that I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.

As Paul defended himself in this way, Festus shouted at him, "You are mad, Paul! Your great learning is driving you mad!"

Are we really insane? It is for God's sake. Or are we sane? Then it is for your sake.

He died for all, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but only for him who died and was raised to life for their sake.

Why haven't you done this to Jeremiah of Anathoth, who has been speaking as a prophet to the people?

"Prophets or interpreters of dreams may promise a miracle or a wonder,

do not pay any attention to them. The LORD your God is using them to test you, to see if you love the LORD with all your heart.

But put to death any interpreters of dreams or prophets that tell you to rebel against the LORD, who rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves. Such people are evil and are trying to lead you away from the life that the LORD has commanded you to live. They must be put to death, in order to rid yourselves of this evil.

Then if anyone still insists on prophesying, his own father and mother will tell him that he must be put to death, because he claimed to speak the LORD's word, but spoke lies instead. When he prophesies, his own father and mother will stab him to death.

Instead, he will say, 'I am not a prophet. I am a farmer---I have farmed the land all my life.'

Jesus came back to the Temple; and as he taught, the chief priests and the elders came to him and asked, "What right do you have to do these things? Who gave you such right?"

Our father Abraham died; you do not claim to be greater than Abraham, do you? And the prophets also died. Who do you think you are?"

They answered, "We do not want to stone you because of any good deeds, but because of your blasphemy! You are only a man, but you are trying to make yourself God!"

When the priest Pashhur son of Immer, who was the chief officer of the Temple, heard me proclaim these things,

he had me beaten and placed in chains near the upper Benjamin Gate in the Temple.

So they took me and let me down by ropes into Prince Malchiah's well, which was in the palace courtyard. There was no water in the well, only mud, and I sank down in it.

And I was kept in the palace courtyard until the day Jerusalem was captured.

This made Asa so angry with the prophet that he had him put in chains. It was at this same time that Asa began treating some of the people cruelly.

Tell them to throw him in prison and to put him on bread and water until I return safely."

They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

Upon receiving this order, the jailer threw them into the inner cell and fastened their feet between heavy blocks of wood.

But I was let down in a basket through an opening in the wall and escaped from him.

Don't be afraid of anything you are about to suffer. Listen! The Devil will put you to the test by having some of you thrown into prison, and your troubles will last ten days. Be faithful to me, even if it means death, and I will give you life as your prize of victory.