And they said to Baruch, Go and hide, you and Jeremiah; let no man know where you [are].

But Elnathan and Gemariah suggested to the king that he should burn the scroll.

And Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian heard (now he was in the king's household) that they [had] put Jeremiah into the dungeon; and the king was in the Gate of Benjamin.

You have done evil in what you have done to slay this man with hunger, for there is no more bread in the city.

So Ebed-Melech took the men and went into the underground [part of the] king's house, and took from there old rags and old ropes, and threw them down to Jeremiah into the dungeon.

And they pulled him up with the ropes, and lifted him out of the dungeon. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

For if you shall refuse to heed on this occasion, help and protection will be to the Jews from another quarter; but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows if you have been made queen for this [very] occasion.

[ 16:5A] The beginning of a good way is to do justly, and it is more acceptable with God than to offer sacrifices.

Then the governor said, "Why, what evil did He do?" But they cried out all the more, saying, "Let Him be crucified!"

And Pilate, seeing that nothing was being gained, but rather a riot was starting, taking water, he washed his hands clean in front of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this just [Man]. You see to it."

So when the centurion and those with him guarding Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they were greatly afraid, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God!"

said to them, "You have brought this Man to me, on the charge of misleading the people. And indeed, when I examined Him in your presence, I found no guilt in this Man in the matters which you bring as charges against Him;

and neither [did] Herod, for I sent you back to him; and indeed nothing worthy of death has been done by Him.

And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this Man did nothing wrong."

And when the centurion saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, "Certainly this was a righteous Man!"

Then someone in the council stood up, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law held in honor by all the people, and commanded them to put the apostles outside for a short time.

For before these days, Theudas rose up, claiming himself to be someone, to whom was joined a number of men, about four hundred. He was slain, and all who obeyed him were scattered and came to nothing.

And now I say to you, keep away from these men and let them alone; for if the counsel or this work is of men, it will come to nothing;

And there came to be a great outcry, and the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and contended sharply, saying, "We find no evil in this man; but if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God."

and I found that he was accused concerning questions of their law, [but] had no accusation [against him] worthy of death or chains.

But when I came to understand him to have done nothing worthy of death, and also he had appealed to His Majesty the Emperor, I decided to send him.

and when they withdrew, they were speaking among themselves, saying, "This man practices nothing worthy of death or chains."

Then Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar."