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Jeremiah 20:1-2
Now Pashhur son of Immer heard Jeremiah prophesy these things. He was the priest who was chief of security in the LORD’s temple.When he heard Jeremiah’s prophecy, he had the prophet flogged. Then he put him in the stocks which were at the Upper Gate of Benjamin in the LORD’s temple.
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2 Kings 9 11
When Jehu rejoined his master’s servants, they asked him,“ Is everything all right? Why did this madman visit you?” He replied,“ Ah, it’s not important. You know what kind of man he is and the kinds of things he says.”
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John 10:20
Many of them were saying,“ He is possessed by a demon and has lost his mind! Why do you listen to him?”
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Hosea 9:7
The time of judgment is about to arrive! The time of retribution is imminent! Let Israel know! The prophet is considered a fool– the inspired man is viewed as a madman– because of the multitude of your sins and your intense animosity.
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Acts 26:24
As Paul was saying these things in his defense, Festus exclaimed loudly,“ You have lost your mind, Paul! Your great learning is driving you insane!”
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Mark 3:21
When his family heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said,“ He is out of his mind.”
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Deuteronomy 13:1-5
Suppose a prophet or one who foretells by dreams should appear among you and show you a sign or wonder,and the sign or wonder should come to pass concerning what he said to you, namely,“ Let us follow other gods”– gods whom you have not previously known–“ and let us serve them.”You must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer, for the LORD your God will be testing you to see if you love him with all your mind and being.You must follow the LORD your God and revere only him; and you must observe his commandments, obey him, serve him, and remain loyal to him.As for that prophet or dreamer, he must be executed because he encouraged rebellion against the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, redeeming you from that place of slavery, and because he has tried to entice you from the way the LORD your God has commanded you to go. In this way you must purge out evil from within.
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Acts 16:24
Receiving such orders, he threw them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
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Jeremiah 29:27
You should have reprimanded Jeremiah from Anathoth who is pretending to be a prophet among you!
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Zechariah 13:3-6
Then, if anyone prophesies in spite of this, his father and mother to whom he was born will say to him,‘ You cannot live, for you lie in the name of the LORD.’ Then his father and mother to whom he was born will run him through with a sword when he prophesies.“ Therefore, on that day each prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies and will no longer wear the hairy garment of a prophet to deceive the people.Instead he will say,‘ I am no prophet– indeed, I am a farmer, for a man has made me his indentured servant since my youth.’Then someone will ask him,‘ What are these wounds on your chest?’ and he will answer,‘ Some that I received in the house of my friends.’
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Acts 4:1
While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the commander of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
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Matthew 21:23
Now after Jesus entered the temple courts, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said,“ By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”
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2 Corinthians 11 33
but I was let down in a rope- basket through a window in the city wall, and escaped his hands.
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Jeremiah 38:6
So the officials took Jeremiah and put him in the cistern of Malkijah, one of the royal princes, that was in the courtyard of the guardhouse. There was no water in the cistern, only mud. So when they lowered Jeremiah into the cistern with ropes he sank in the mud.
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John 8:53
You aren’t greater than our father Abraham who died, are you? And the prophets died too! Who do you claim to be?”
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Jeremiah 38:28
So Jeremiah remained confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse until the day Jerusalem was captured. The following events occurred when Jerusalem was captured.
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John 10:33
The Jewish leaders replied,“ We are not going to stone you for a good deed but for blasphemy, because you, a man, are claiming to be God.”
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Acts 26:11
I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to force them to blaspheme. Because I was so furiously enraged at them, I went to persecute them even in foreign cities.
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2 Kings 11 15
Jehoiada the priest ordered the officers of the units of hundreds, who were in charge of the army,“ Bring her outside the temple to the guards. Put the sword to anyone who follows her.” The priest gave this order because he had decided she should not be executed in the LORD’s temple.
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Acts 5:24
Now when the commander of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this report, they were greatly puzzled concerning it, wondering what this could be.
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2 Kings 11 18
All the people of the land went and demolished the temple of Baal. They smashed its altars and idols to bits. They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altar. Jehoiada the priest then placed guards at the LORD’s temple.
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Revelation 2:10
Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison so you may be tested, and you will experience suffering for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself.
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2 Chronicles 18 26
Say,‘ This is what the king says:“ Put this man in prison. Give him only a little bread and water until I return safely.”’”
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2 Chronicles 16 10
Asa was so angry at the prophet, he put him in jail. Asa also oppressed some of the people at that time.
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2 Corinthians 5 13-2 Corinthians 5 15
For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ died for all; therefore all have died.And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.
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Acts 5:18
They laid hands on the apostles and put them in a public jail.