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Acts 4:25-26
Long ago you spoke by the Holy Spirit. You spoke through the mouth of our father David, who served you. You said,“‘ Why are the nations angry? Why do the people make useless plans?The kings of the earth rise up. The rulers of the earth gather together against the Lord and against his anointed king.’( Psalm 2:1, 2)
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Revelation 17:14
They will make war against the Lamb. But the Lamb will have victory over them. That’s because he is the most powerful Lord of all and the greatest King of all. His appointed, chosen and faithful followers will be with him.”
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Psalms 21:11
Your enemies make evil plans against you. They think up evil things to do. But they can’t succeed.
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Psalms 46:6
Nations are in disorder. Kingdoms fall. God speaks, and the people of the earth melt in fear.
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Psalms 83:4-8
“ Come,” they say.“ Let’s destroy that whole nation. Then the name of Israel won’t be remembered anymore.”All of them agree on the evil plans they have made. They join forces against you.Their forces include the people of Edom, Ishmael, Moab and Hagar.They also include the people of Byblos, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia and Tyre.Even Assyria has joined them to give strength to the people of Moab and Ammon.
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Matthew 21:38
“ But the renters saw the son coming. They said to one another,‘ This is the one who will receive all the owner’s property someday. Come, let’s kill him. Then everything will be ours.’
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Psalms 18:42
I beat them as fine as dust blown by the wind. I stomped on them like mud in the streets.
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Luke 22:22-23
The Son of Man will go to his death, just as God has already decided. But how terrible it will be for the one who hands him over!”The apostles began to ask one another about this. They wondered which one of them would do it.
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Acts 17:5-6
But other Jews were jealous. So they rounded up some evil people from the market place. Forming a crowd, they started all kinds of trouble in the city. The Jews rushed to Jason’s house. They were looking for Paul and Silas. They wanted to bring them out to the crowd.But they couldn’t find them. So they dragged Jason and some other believers to the city officials.“ These men have caused trouble all over the world,” they shouted.“ Now they have come here.
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Isaiah 8:9
Sound the battle cry, you nations! But you will be torn apart. Listen, all you lands far away! Prepare for battle! But you will be torn apart. Prepare for battle! But you will be torn apart.
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Acts 5:33
When the leaders heard this, they became very angry. They wanted to put the apostles to death.
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Luke 18:32
He will be handed over to the Gentiles. They will make fun of him. They will laugh at him and spit on him.
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Acts 19:28-32
When they heard this, they became very angry. They began shouting,“ Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”Soon people were making trouble in the whole city. They all rushed into the theater. They dragged Gaius and Aristarchus along with them. These two men had come with Paul from Macedonia.Paul wanted to appear in front of the crowd. But the believers wouldn’t let him.Some of the officials in Asia Minor were friends of Paul. They sent him a message, begging him not to go into the theater.The crowd didn’t know what was going on. Some were shouting one thing and some another. Most of the people didn’t even know why they were there.
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Luke 22:5
They were delighted and agreed to give him money.
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John 11:49-50
One of the Jewish leaders spoke up. His name was Caiaphas. He was high priest at that time. He said,“ You don’t know anything at all!You don’t realize what is good for you. It is better if one man dies for the people than if the whole nation is destroyed.”
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Luke 22:1-2
The Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was near.The chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for a way to get rid of Jesus. They were afraid of the people.
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Acts 16:22
The crowd joined the attack against Paul and Silas. The judges ordered that Paul and Silas be stripped and beaten with rods.
