Bible Cross References
The prison
Acts 5:19
But that night an angel of the Lord opened the prison gates, led the apostles out, and said to them,
Psalm 2:4
From his throne in heaven the Lord laughs and mocks their feeble plans.
Psalm 33:10
The LORD frustrates the purposes of the nations; he keeps them from carrying out their plans.
Proverbs 21:30
Human wisdom, brilliance, insight---they are of no help if the LORD is against you.
Lamentations 3:37
The will of the Lord alone is always carried out.
Lamentations 3:55-58
55
"From the bottom of the pit, O LORD, I cried out to you,
56
And when I begged you to listen to my cry, you heard.
57
You answered me and told me not to be afraid.
58
"You came to my rescue, Lord, and saved my life.
Daniel 3:11-25
11
and that anyone who does not bow down and worship it is to be thrown into a blazing furnace.
12
There are some Jews whom you put in charge of the province of Babylon---Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego---who are disobeying Your Majesty's orders. They do not worship your god or bow down to the statue you set up."
13
At that, the king flew into a rage and ordered the three men to be brought before him.
14
He said to them, "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, is it true that you refuse to worship my god and to bow down to the gold statue I have set up?
15
Now then, as soon as you hear the sound of the trumpets, oboes, lyres, zithers, harps, and all the other instruments, bow down and worship the statue. If you do not, you will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace. Do you think there is any god who can save you?"
16
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered, "Your Majesty, we will not try to defend ourselves.
17
If the God whom we serve is able to save us from the blazing furnace and from your power, then he will.
18
But even if he doesn't, Your Majesty may be sure that we will not worship your god, and we will not bow down to the gold statue that you have set up."
19
Then Nebuchadnezzar lost his temper, and his face turned red with anger at Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. So he ordered the furnace to be heated seven times hotter than usual.
20
And he commanded the strongest men in his army to tie the three men up and throw them into the blazing furnace.
21
So they tied them up, fully dressed---shirts, robes, caps, and all---and threw them into the blazing furnace.
22
Now because the king had given strict orders for the furnace to be made extremely hot, the flames burned up the guards who took the men to the furnace.
23
Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, still tied up, fell into the heart of the blazing fire.
24
Suddenly Nebuchadnezzar leaped to his feet in amazement. He asked his officials, "Didn't we tie up three men and throw them into the blazing furnace?" They answered, "Yes, we did, Your Majesty."
25
"Then why do I see four men walking around in the fire?" he asked. "They are not tied up, and they show no sign of being hurt---and the fourth one looks like an angel."
Daniel 6:22-24
22
God sent his angel to shut the mouths of the lions so that they would not hurt me. He did this because he knew that I was innocent and because I have not wronged you, Your Majesty."
23
The king was overjoyed and gave orders for Daniel to be pulled up out of the pit. So they pulled him up and saw that he had not been hurt at all, for he trusted God.
24
Then the king gave orders to arrest all those who had accused Daniel, and he had them thrown, together with their wives and children, into the pit filled with lions. Before they even reached the bottom of the pit, the lions pounced on them and broke all their bones.
Matthew 27:63-66
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and said, "Sir, we remember that while that liar was still alive he said, 'I will be raised to life three days later.'
64
Give orders, then, for his tomb to be carefully guarded until the third day, so that his disciples will not be able to go and steal the body, and then tell the people that he was raised from death. This last lie would be even worse than the first one."
65
"Take a guard," Pilate told them; "go and make the tomb as secure as you can."
66
So they left and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and leaving the guard on watch.
Matthew 28:12-15
12
The chief priests met with the elders and made their plan; they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers
13
and said, "You are to say that his disciples came during the night and stole his body while you were asleep.
14
And if the Governor should hear of this, we will convince him that you are innocent, and you will have nothing to worry about."
15
The guards took the money and did what they were told to do. And so that is the report spread around by the Jews to this very day.
John 8:59
Then they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and left the Temple.