Bible Cross References
the priests
Jeremiah 2:30
In vain have I smitten your children; you have not received correction. A sword has devoured your prophets as a destroying lion; yet you feared not.
Jeremiah 11:19-21
19
But I, as an innocent lamb led to the slaughter, did not know. Against me they devised an evil device, saying, Come and let us put wood into his bread, and let us utterly destroy him from off the land of the living, and let his name not be remembered any more.
20
O Lord, [You] that judges righteously, and who tests the heart and the most secret parts, let me see Your vengeance [taken] upon them, for to You I have declared my cause.
21
Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the men of Anathoth, that seek my life, that say, You shall not prophesy at all in the name of the Lord, but if you do, you shall die by our hands.
Jeremiah 12:5
Your feet run, and they cause you to faint; how will you prepare [to ride] upon horses? And you have been confident in the land of your peace? How will you do in the roaring of the Jordan?
Jeremiah 12:6
For even your brothers and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; and they have cried out, they are gathered together in pursuit of you. Do not trust in them, though they shall speak fair [words] to you.
Jeremiah 18:18
Then they said, Come, and let us devise a plan against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us attack him with the tongue, and we will hear all his words.
Jeremiah 20:1
Now Pashur the son of Immer, the priest, who also had been appointed chief of the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these words.
Jeremiah 20:2
And he struck him, and cast him into the dungeon which was by the gate of the upper house that was set apart, which was by the house of the Lord.
Jeremiah 20:8-11
8
For I will laugh with my bitter speech, I will call upon rebellion and misery; for the word of the Lord has become a reproach to me and a mockery all my days.
9
Then I said, I will by no means name the name of the Lord, and I will no longer speak in His name. But it was a burning fire flaming in my bones, and I am utterly weakened on all sides, and cannot bear [up].
10
For I have heard the reproach of many gathering round, [saying], Conspire, and let us conspire together against him, [even] all his friends. Watch his intentions, if perhaps he shall be deceived, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall be avenged on him.
11
But the Lord was with me as a mighty man of war; therefore they persecuted [me], but could not perceive [anything against me.] They were greatly confounded, for they perceived not their disgrace, which shall never be forgotten.
2 Chronicles 36:16
Nevertheless they sneered at His messengers, and despised His words, and mocked His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord rose up against His people, till there was no remedy.
Lamentations 4:13
MEM. For the sins of her prophets, and iniquities of her priests, who shed righteous blood in the midst of her,
Lamentations 4:14
NUN. Her watchmen staggered in the streets, they were defiled with blood in their weakness, they touched their clothing with it.
Matthew 21:35-39
35
And the farmers took his servants, they beat one, and one they killed, and another they stoned.
36
Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did to them likewise.
37
And at last he sent to them his son, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
38
"But when the farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and let us gain possession of his inheritance.'
39
"And taking him, they cast [him] out of the vineyard and killed [him].
Matthew 22:6
And the rest seized his servants, mistreated [them], and killed [them].
Matthew 23:31-35
31
"So that you testify against yourselves that you are sons of those who killed the prophets.
32
And you, fill up then, the measure of your fathers' guilt.
33
Serpents! Brood of vipers! How shall you escape from the condemnation of hell?
34
Therefore, behold, I send you prophets, wise [men], and scribes: some of them you will kill and you will crucify, and [some] of them you will flog in your synagogues and you will persecute from city to city,
35
so that on you may come all the righteous blood being shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
Matthew 26:3
Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were assembled into the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
Matthew 26:4
and plotted to take Jesus by guile and kill Him.
Matthew 26:59-66
59
Now the chief priests, the elders, and all the Sanhedrin were seeking false witnesses against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death,
60
and they did not find [any]. And though many false witnesses came forward, they did not find [any]. But at last two false witnesses came forward
61
and said, "This [Man] said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God, and after three days to rebuild it.'"
62
And standing up the high priest said to Him, "Do You answer nothing? What is it these men are testifying against You?"
63
But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him, "I adjure You by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God!"
64
Jesus said to him, "You said [it]. Nevertheless, I say to you, from now [on], you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven."
65
Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, "He has blasphemed! What further need do we have of witnesses? Look, now you have heard His blasphemy!
66
What do you think?" They answered and said, "He is deserving of death."
Acts 5:33
But when they heard this, they were infuriated and were resolving to kill them.
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers,
Revelation 18:24
And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all those who had been slain on the earth."