Pleading
6 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
General Scriptures Concerning
- Deuteronomy 17:8 If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.
Jesus Declined to Plead
- Matthew 26:62 So the high priest stood up and asked Him, “Have You no answer? What are these men testifying against You?”
- Mark 15:2 So Pilate questioned Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
- Luke 23:3 So Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
- John 18:33–34 Pilate went back into the Praetorium, summoned Jesus, and asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” …
Prisoners Required to Plead
- Acts 7:1 Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”
Related topics
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.