Jeremiah 26:16

The officials and people reverse their verdict, declaring Jeremiah not worthy of death because he spoke in God's name. The truth of his commission wins his acquittal.

Cross-references · 16

• Acts 23:29I found him to be accused about questions of their law, but not to be charged with anything worthy of death or of imprisonment.
• Acts 25:25But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and as he himself appealed to the emperor I determined to send him,
• Acts 23:9A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ part stood up, and contended, saying, “We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let’s not fight against God!”
• Acts 5:34–39But one stood up in the council, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, honored by all the people, and commanded to put the apostles out for a little while.
• Jer 36:25Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the scroll; but he would not listen to them.
• Jer 36:19Then the princes said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah go hide. Don’t let anyone know where you are.”
• Luke 23:14–15and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.
• Matt 27:23–24But the governor said, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, saying, “Let him be crucified!”
• Acts 26:31–32When they had withdrawn, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”
• Luke 23:47When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, “Certainly this was a righteous man.”
• Matt 27:54Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God.”
• Luke 23:41And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong.”
• Prov 16:7When a man’s ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
• Jer 38:7–13Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king was then sitting in the gate of Benjamin),
• Esth 4:14For if you remain silent now, then relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Who knows if you haven’t come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
• Jer 26:11Then spoke the priests and the prophets to the princes and to all the people, saying, “This man is worthy of death; for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.”

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