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Acts 9:1-8
Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats to murder the Lord’s disciples, went to the high priestand requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, either men or women, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.As he was going along, approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him,“ Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”So he said,“ Who are you, Lord?” He replied,“ I am Jesus whom you are persecuting!But stand up and enter the city and you will be told what you must do.”( Now the men who were traveling with him stood there speechless, because they heard the voice but saw no one.)So Saul got up from the ground, but although his eyes were open, he could see nothing. Leading him by the hand, his companions brought him into Damascus.
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Jeremiah 29:26-27
“ The LORD has made you priest in place of Jehoiada. He has put you in charge in the LORD’s temple of controlling any lunatic who pretends to be a prophet. And it is your duty to put any such person in the stocks with an iron collar around his neck.You should have reprimanded Jeremiah from Anathoth who is pretending to be a prophet among you!
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Acts 26:10
And that is what I did in Jerusalem: Not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons by the authority I received from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote against them when they were sentenced to death.
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Jeremiah 26:8
Jeremiah had just barely finished saying all the LORD had commanded him to say to all the people. All at once some of the priests, the prophets, and the people grabbed him and shouted,“ You deserve to die!
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John 7:45-48
Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them,“ Why didn’t you bring him back with you?”The officers replied,“ No one ever spoke like this man!”Then the Pharisees answered,“ You haven’t been deceived too, have you?None of the rulers or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they?
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Isaiah 10:1
Those who enact unjust policies are as good as dead, those who are always instituting unfair regulations,
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Psalms 94:20-21
Cruel rulers are not your allies, those who make oppressive laws.They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent.
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John 11:57
( Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.)
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1 Kings 21 8-1 Kings 21 10
She wrote out orders, signed Ahab’s name to them, and sealed them with his seal. She then sent the orders to the leaders and to the nobles who lived in Naboth’s city.This is what she wrote:“ Observe a time of fasting and seat Naboth in front of the people.Also seat two villains opposite him and have them testify,‘ You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
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Acts 22:5-11
as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. From them I also received letters to the brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to make arrests there and bring the prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.As I was en route and near Damascus, about noon a very bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.Then I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me,‘ Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’I answered,‘ Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me,‘ I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’Those who were with me saw the light, but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.So I asked,‘ What should I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me,‘ Get up and go to Damascus; there you will be told about everything that you have been designated to do.’Since I could not see because of the brilliance of that light, I came to Damascus led by the hand of those who were with me.
