John 7:45

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John 7:43–47 · Berean Standard Bible

43 So there was division in the crowd because of Jesus.

44 Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.

45 Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?”

46 “Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.

47 “Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

John 7:32

When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.

Acts 5:21

At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.

Acts 5:22

But on arriving at the jail, the officers did not find them there. So they returned with the report:

Acts 5:23

“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards posted at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.”

Acts 5:24

When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this account, they were perplexed as to what was happening.

Acts 5:25

Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”

Acts 5:26

At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.

Acts 5:27

They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.