Preaching : Of The Jews

But the eye of their God was upon the elders Of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.

Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor Of the Jews and the elders Of the Jews build this house of God in his place.

And the elders Of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty Of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.

• Women

And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed Of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

• Feasts

And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear Of the Jews fell upon them.

Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies Of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)

The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy Of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.

• Zedekiah
• King

And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid Of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.

In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive Of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.

Saying, Where is he that is born King Of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

• Indictments
• Treason

And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King Of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.

• Irony
• King
• Thorn

And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King Of the Jews!

• Indictments
• Irony

And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING Of the Jews.

• Indictments

And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King Of the Jews? And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest it.

But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King Of the Jews?

And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King Of the Jews?

And began to salute him, Hail, King Of the Jews!

• Indictments
• Irony

And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING Of the Jews.

And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders Of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.

And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King Of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.

And saying, If thou be the king Of the Jews, save thyself.

• Indictments
• Irony
• Greek

And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING Of the Jews.

(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city Of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.

And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying Of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler Of the Jews:

Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is Of the Jews.

• Bigotry
• LIGHTS
• Jesus

After this there was a feast Of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. read more And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath. show less

And the passover, a feast Of the Jews, was nigh.

Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear Of the Jews.

• Kindness

And many Of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

• Faith

Then many Of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.

• Curiosity

Much people Of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

• Faith

Because that by reason of him many Of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.

Then the band and the captain and officers Of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,

• Indictments

Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King Of the Jews?

But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King Of the Jews?

• Cruelty

And said, Hail, King Of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.

• Irony

And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING Of the Jews.

• Latin
• Language

This title then read many Of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.

Then said the chief priests Of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King Of the Jews; but that he said, I am King Of the Jews.

• Cowardice

And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear Of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.

Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner Of the Jews is to bury.

There laid they Jesus therefore because Of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

• Life
• Love
• Persecution

Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear Of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: read more Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. show less

• Armies

And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation Of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.

And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land Of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:

And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people Of the Jews.

• Catholicity

And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues Of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.

• Converts

Now when the congregation was broken up, many Of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

• Revivals

And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue Of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both Of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.

And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also Of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them,

• Timothy
• Circumcision
• Diplomacy

Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because Of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue Of the Jews:

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue Of the Jews.

• Weeping

Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait Of the Jews:

• Priest

On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused Of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

• Malice
• Revenge

And when it was day, certain Of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

This man was taken Of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.

Then the high priest and the chief Of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,

While he answered for himself, Neither against the law Of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.

About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders Of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him.

And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude Of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.

I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused Of the Jews:

Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused Of the Jews.

And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief Of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

Is he the God Of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

Even us, whom he hath called, not Of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

• Forty

Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.

For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have Of the Jews: