Indictments
30 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
11 sections
- A Second Indictment
- Daniel, on the Charge of Defiance Against Authority
- First, of Blasphemy
- Indictment Quashed
- Jeremiah of Treasonable Prophecy, but of Which he Was Acquitted
- Naboth on the Charge of Blasphemy
- Paul
- Paul and Silas
- Stephen for Blasphemy
- The Second, of Treason
- Three Hebrew Captives on the Charge of Defiance Against Authority
A Second Indictment
- Jeremiah 37:13–15 But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!” …
Daniel, on the Charge of Defiance Against Authority
- Daniel 6:13 Then they told the king, “Daniel, one of the exiles from Judah, shows no regard for you, O king, or for the decree that you have signed. He still makes his petition three times a day.”
- Daniel 6:1–24 Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom, …
First, of Blasphemy
- Matthew 26:61 and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
- Mark 14:58 “We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this man-made temple, and in three days I will build another that is made without hands.’”
- Matthew 26:63–65 But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God.” …
- Mark 14:61–64 But Jesus remained silent and made no reply. Again the high priest questioned Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?” …
- Luke 22:67–71 “If You are the Christ, tell us.” Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe. …
- John 19:7 “We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”
Indictment Quashed
- Acts 18:14–16 But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio told the Jews, “If this matter involved a wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to hear your complaint. …
Jeremiah of Treasonable Prophecy, but of Which he Was Acquitted
- Jeremiah 26:1–24 At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came from the LORD: …
Naboth on the Charge of Blasphemy
- 1 Kings 21:13 And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.
- 1 Kings 21:1–16 Some time after these events, Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. …
Paul
- Acts 17:7 and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”
- Acts 18:13 “This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.
- Acts 24:5 We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
- Acts 25:18–19 But when his accusers rose to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected. …
- Acts 25:26–27 I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this inquiry I may have something to write. …
Paul and Silas
- Acts 16:20–21 They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil …
Stephen for Blasphemy
The Second, of Treason
- Matthew 27:11 Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, who questioned Him: “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
- Matthew 27:37 Above His head they posted the written charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
- Mark 15:2 So Pilate questioned Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
- Mark 15:26 And the charge inscribed against Him read: THE KING OF THE JEWS.
- Luke 23:2–3 And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding payment of taxes to Caesar, and proclaiming Himself to be Christ, a King.” …
- Luke 23:38 Above Him was posted an inscription: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
- John 18:30 “If He were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed Him over to you.”
- John 18:33 Pilate went back into the Praetorium, summoned Jesus, and asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”
- John 19:12 From then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying Caesar.”
- John 19:19–22 Pilate also had a notice posted on the cross. It read: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. …
Three Hebrew Captives on the Charge of Defiance Against Authority
- Daniel 3:12 But there are some Jews you have appointed to manage the province of Babylon — Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego — who have ignored you, O king, and have refused to serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”
- Daniel 3:1–28 King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. …
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.