And the rulers said to Baruch, Go hide yourselves, you and Jeremiah; and let no man know where you are.

But Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had entreated the king that he should not burn the scroll, but he would not consent to them.

And when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the officials in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the pit (the king was then sitting in the gate of Benjamin),

My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have thrown into the pit. And he is likely to die of hunger in the place where he is, for there is no more bread in the city.

So Ebed-melech took the men by his hand and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took worn out clothes and worn out rags from there, and let them down by ropes into the pit to Jeremiah.

So they drew up Jeremiah with ropes and took him up out of the pit. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house shall perish. Yet who knows whether you have attained unto the kingdom for such a time as this?

When a man's ways please Jehovah, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

And the governor said, Why, what evil has He done? But they cried out all the more, saying, Let Him be crucified!

When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just Person. You see to it.

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

said to them, You have brought this Man to me, as one who misleads the people. And indeed, having examined Him in your presence, I have found no fault in this Man concerning those things of which you accuse Him;

no, neither did Herod, for I sent you back to him; and indeed nothing deserving of death has been done by Him.

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

So when the centurion saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, Truly this was a righteous Man!

Then one in the council stood up, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law highly esteemed by all the people, and commanded them to put the apostles outside for a little while.

For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody. A number of men, about four hundred, joined him. 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 this counsel or this work is of men, it will come to nothing;

Then there arose a loud outcry. And the scribes of the Pharisees' party arose and protested, 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.

I found out that he was accused concerning questions of their law, but had nothing charged against him deserving of death or bonds.

But when I found that he had committed nothing deserving of death, and that he himself had appealed to Augustus, I decided to send him.

and when they had gone aside, they talked among themselves, saying, This man is doing nothing deserving of death or bonds.

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