DEMAGOGISM

Passages on this topic · 41

• 2 Samuel 15:2

  Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate. When any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, “What city are you from?” He said, “Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.”

• 2 Samuel 15:3

  Absalom said to him, “Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized by the king to hear you.”

• 2 Samuel 15:4

  Absalom said moreover, “Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!”

• 2 Samuel 15:5

  It was so, that when any man came near to do him obeisance, he stretched out his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.

• 2 Samuel 15:6

  Absalom did this sort of thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

• Matthew 27:17

  When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?”

• Matthew 27:18

  For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.

• Matthew 27:19

  While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of him.”

• Matthew 27:20

  Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

• Matthew 27:21

  But the governor answered them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” They said, “Barabbas!”

• Matthew 27:22

  Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?” They all said to him, “Let him be crucified!”

• Matthew 27:23

  But the governor said, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, saying, “Let him be crucified!”

• Matthew 27:24

  So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.”

• Matthew 27:25

  All the people answered, “May his blood be on us, and on our children!”

• Matthew 27:26

  Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.

• Mark 15:15

  Pilate, wishing to please the multitude, released Barabbas to them, and handed over Jesus, when he had flogged him, to be crucified.

• Luke 23:13

  Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

• Luke 23:14

  and 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.

• Luke 23:15

  Neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and see, nothing worthy of death has been done by him.

• Luke 23:16

  I will therefore chastise him and release him.”

• Luke 23:17

  Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.

• Luke 23:18

  But they all cried out together, saying, “Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!” —

• Luke 23:19

  one who was thrown into prison for a certain revolt in the city, and for murder.

• Luke 23:20

  Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus,

• Luke 23:21

  but they shouted, saying, “Crucify! Crucify him!”

• Luke 23:22

  He said to them the third time, “Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him.”

• Luke 23:23

  But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.

• Luke 23:24

  Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done.

• John 18:38

  Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, “I find no basis for a charge against him.

• John 18:39

  But you have a custom, that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Therefore do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”

• John 18:40

  Then they all shouted again, saying, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.

• John 19:6

  When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, saying, “Crucify! Crucify!” Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him.”

• John 19:7

  The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.”

• John 19:8

  When therefore Pilate heard this saying, he was more afraid.

• John 19:9

  He entered into the Praetorium again, and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer.

• John 19:10

  Pilate therefore said to him, “Aren’t you speaking to me? Don’t you know that I have power to release you, and have power to crucify you?”

• John 19:11

  Jesus answered, “You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin.”

• John 19:12

  At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you release this man, you aren’t Caesar’s friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!”

• John 19:13

  When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called “The Pavement”, but in Hebrew, “Gabbatha.”

• Acts 12:3

  When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This was during the days of unleavened bread.

• Acts 24:27

  But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and desiring to gain favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul in bonds.