Nevertheless, seven months later, Nethaniah's son Ishmael, the grandson of Elishama from the royal family, came with ten men and attacked Gedaliah. As a result, he died along with the Jews and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

May the king be advised that the Jews who came from you to us have reached Jerusalem and are rebuilding a rebellious and wicked city, having completed its walls and repaired its foundations.

As soon as a copy of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, to Shimshai the scribe, and to their colleagues, they traveled quickly to Jerusalem and compelled the Jews to cease by force of arms.

At that time, the prophets Haggai and Iddo's son Zechariah prophesied specifically to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel.

In the month of Chislev, while I was in Shushan at the palace, Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with some men from Judah. I asked them about the Jews who had escaped, about those who had survived the Babylonian captivity, and about Jerusalem.

When Sanballat heard that we were reconstructing the wall, he flew into a rage, became indignant, and mocked the Jews.

He addressed his allies and the Samaritan officials, saying "What are these pathetic Jews doing? Are they intending to rebuild it by themselves? Do they intend to offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a single day? Can they make stones from this burned out rubble?"

The Jews who lived near them kept coming to us, reporting at least ten times, "They'll attack us from every direction."

Now the people along with their spouses complained loudly against their fellow Jews,

I accused them, "To the best of our ability, we've been buying back our fellow Jews who had been sold to foreigners. Even now you're selling your fellow countrymen, only for them to be sold back to us!" They kept quiet and never spoke a word.

I'm also lending money and grain, as are my fellow-Jews and my servants, but let's not charge interest.

I fed 150 Jews and officials every day, not counting those who came from the nations around us.

It is reported among the nations and Gashmu confirms this that you and the Jews are planning a revolt, and that you're rebuilding the wall in order to declare yourself king. According to these reports, you also have appointed prophets to proclaim about you in Jerusalem, "There is a king in Judah!" Since these words are being reported to the king, come and let's meet together.

At that time I also noticed that Jews had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

Mordecai gave Hathach a copy of the written decree ordering the Jews' destruction that had been issued in Susa. Mordecai wanted him to show it to Esther, to explain it to her, and then to instruct her to go in to the king to seek his favor and plead with him for her people.

In each and every province, and in each and every city, in the places where the king's order and edict reached, there was gladness and joy among the Jewish people, along with a festival and a holiday. Many of the people of the land became Jews, because they had come to fear the Jewish people.

The Jewish people assembled in their towns throughout the provinces of King Ahasuerus to strike out against those who intended to harm them, and no one could oppose them because all the people had come to fear the Jews.

Just then, certain influential Chaldeans took this opportunity to come forward and denounce the Jews.

and asked, "Where is the one who was born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."

Meanwhile, Jesus was made to stand in front of the governor. The governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus said, "You say so."

Twisting some thorns into a victor's crown, they placed it on his head and put a stick in his right hand. They knelt down in front of him and began making fun of him, saying, "Long live the king of the Jews!"

Above his head they placed the charge against him. It read, "This is Jesus, the king of the Jews."

So the soldiers took the money, did as they were instructed, and this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.

Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus answered him, "You say so."

Pilate answered them, "Do you want me to release the king of the Jews for you?"

So Pilate asked them again, "Then what should I do with the man you call "the King of the Jews'?"

They began to greet him, "Long live the king of the Jews!"

The written notice of the charge against him read, "The king of the Jews."

Then Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He answered, "You say so."

saying, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!"

There was also an inscription over him written in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: "This is the King of the Jews."

Now there was a man from the Pharisees, a leader of the Jews, whose name was Nicodemus.

The Samaritan woman asked him, "How can you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" Because Jews do not have anything to do with Samaritans.

Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain. But you Jews say that the place where people should worship is in Jerusalem."

You don't know what you're worshiping. We Jews know what we're worshiping, because salvation comes from the Jews.

Later on, there was another festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near.

So Jesus told those Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are really my disciples.

Once again there was a division among the Jews because of what Jesus had been saying.

and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother.

When the Jews who had been with her, consoling her in the house, saw Mary get up quickly and go out, they followed her, thinking that she had gone to the tomb to cry there.

When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying, he was greatly troubled in spirit and deeply moved.

So the Jews said, "See how much he loved him!"

Many of the Jews who had come with Mary and who had observed what Jesus did believed in him.

As a result, Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews. Instead, he went from there to a town called Ephraim in the region near the wilderness. There he remained with his disciples.

When the large crowd of Jews realized that he was there, they came not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

since he was the reason why so many of the Jews were leaving to believe in Jesus.

Caiaphas was the person who had advised the Jews that it was better to have one man die for the people.

Jesus answered him, "I have spoken publicly to the world. I have always taught in the synagogue or in the Temple, where all Jews meet together, and I have said nothing in secret.

Then Jesus was led from Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters early in the morning. The Jews did not go into the headquarters, to avoid becoming unclean and unable to eat the Passover meal.

So Pilate went back into the governor's headquarters, summoned Jesus, and asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"

But you have a custom that I release one person for you at Passover. Do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?"

They kept coming up to him and saying, "Long live the king of the Jews!" Then they began to slap him on the face.

Pilate went outside again and told the Jews, "Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him."

Pilate wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, "Jesus from Nazareth, the King of the Jews."

Many Jews read this inscription, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city. It was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

Then the Jewish high priests told Pilate, "Don't write, "The King of the Jews,' but that this fellow said, "I am the King of the Jews.'"

They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths along with spices, according to the burial custom of the Jews.

Now devout Jews from every nation on earth were living in Jerusalem.

In those days, as the number of the disciples was growing larger and larger, a complaint was made by the Hellenistic Jews against the Hebraic Jews that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food.

But Saul grew more and more persuasive, and continued to confound the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that this man was the Messiah.

He kept talking and arguing with the Hellenistic Jews, but they were bent on murdering him.

We are witnesses of everything Jesus did in the land of the Jews, including Jerusalem.

Now the people who were scattered by the persecution that started because of Stephen went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews.

But among them were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began proclaiming the Lord Jesus even to the Hellenistic Jews.

When he saw how this was agreeable to the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter, too. This happened during the Festival of Unleavened Bread.

When the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who kept talking to them and urging them to continue in the grace of God.

In Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.

But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

But the people of the city were divided. Some were with the Jews, while others were with the apostles.

Now when an attempt was made by both gentiles and Jews, along with their authorities, to mistreat and stone them,

But some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds by persuasion. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the town, thinking he was dead.

Paul wanted this man to go with him, so he took him and had him circumcised because of the Jews who lived in that region, since everyone knew that Timothy's father was a Greek.

They brought them before the magistrates and said, "These men are stirring up a lot of trouble in our city. They are Jews

So he began holding discussions in the synagogue with the Jews and other worshipers, as well as every day in the public square with anyone who happened to be there.

There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,

Every Sabbath, he would speak in the synagogue, trying to persuade both Jews and Greeks.

But when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself entirely to the word as he emphatically assured the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah.

Paul was about to speak when Gallio admonished the Jewish leaders, "If there were some misdemeanor or crime involved, it would be reasonable to put up with you Jews.

When they arrived in Ephesus, he left Priscilla and Aquila there. Then he went into the synagogue and had a discussion with the Jews.

He successfully refuted the Jews in public and proved by the Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah.

This went on for two years, so that all who lived in Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.

Then some Jews who went around trying to drive out demons attempted to use the name of the Lord Jesus on those who had evil spirits, saying, "I command you by that Jesus whom Paul preaches!"

When this became known to everyone living in Ephesus, Jews and Greeks alike, they all became terrified, and the name of the Lord Jesus began to be held in high honor.

Some of the crowd concluded it was because of Alexander, since the Jews had pushed him to the front. So Alexander motioned for silence and tried to make a defense before the people.

and stayed there for three months. When he was about to sail for Syria, a plot was initiated against him by the Jews, so he decided to go back through Macedonia.

I served the Lord with all humility, with tears, and with trials that came to me through the plots of the Jews.

I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus.

When they heard about it, they praised God and told him, "You see, brother, how many tens of thousands of believers there are among the Jews, and all of them are zealous for the Law.

But they have been told about you that you teach all the Jews living among the gentiles to forsake the Law of Moses, and that you tell them not to circumcise their children or observe the customs.

When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from Asia, seeing Paul in the Temple, stirred up a large crowd. They grabbed Paul,

"A certain Ananias, who was a devout man with respect to the Law and who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there,

The next day, since the tribune wanted to find out exactly what Paul was being accused of by the Jews, he released him and ordered the high priests and the entire Council to meet. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

This man had been seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them when I went with the guard and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman citizen.

For we have found this man a perfect pest and an agitator among all Jews throughout the world. He is a ringleader in the sect of the Nazarenes

But some Jews from Asia were there, and they should be here before you to accuse me if they have anything against me.

After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. Since Felix wanted to do the Jews a favor, he left Paul in prison.

Paul said in his defense, "I have done nothing wrong against the Law of the Jews, or of the Temple, or of the emperor."

All the Jews know how I lived from the earliest days of my youth with my own people and in Jerusalem.

Our twelve tribes, worshiping day and night with intense devotion, hope to attain it. It is because of this hope, O King, that I am accused by the Jews.