Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
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Jeremiah 26:15
Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city and on its inhabitants; for truly the Lord has sent me to you to speak all these words in your hearing.”
Jeremiah 38:6
Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchijah the king’s son, which was in the court of the guardhouse; and they let Jeremiah down with ropes. Now in the cistern there was no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud.
Acts 23:16
But the son of Paul’s sister heard of their ambush, and he came and entered the barracks and told Paul.
Acts 25:10
But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s tribunal, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also very well know.
Acts 28:18
And when they had examined me, they were willing to release me because there was no ground for putting me to death.
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Jeremiah 38:26
then you are to say to them, ‘I was presenting my petition before the king, not to make me return to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”