Pleading

How Nave’s arranged it

• General scriptures concerningDeuteronomy 17:8
• Of the guiltyJoshua 7:19–21
• Jesus declined to pleadMatthew 26:62Mark 15:2Luke 23:3John 18:33John 18:34
• Prisoners required to pleadActs 7:1
• See Defense

The passages, in Bible order (8)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 8 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. 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.

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   “If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment,....

   “If there arise a matter too hard for thee - These directions are given to the common magistrates, who might not be able to judge of or apply the law in all cases that might be brought before them. The priests and Levites, who were lawyers by birth and continual practice, were reasonably considered as the best qualified to decide on difficult points.

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2. Joshua 7:19–21

   So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”

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   “And Joshua said unto Achan, my son,....

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3. Matthew 26:62

   So the high priest stood up and asked Him, “Have You no answer? What are these men testifying against You?”

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   “Headlong and uncontrolled rage, unable to find even a false accusation, moves the High Priest from his throne, the motion of his body showing the emotion of his mind. And the High Priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing to the things which these witness against Thee? For as God, He knew that whatever He said would be twisted into an accusation against Him. But at this His silence before false witnesses and ungodly Priests, the High Priest was exasperated, and summons Him to answer, that from anything He says he may raise a charge against Him.

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4. Mark 15:2

   So Pilate questioned Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.

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   “(ubi sup.) By Pilate's asking Him about no other accusation, except whether He was King of the Jews, they are convicted of impiety, for they could not even find a false accusation against our Saviour. It goes on: And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest. He answers in this way so as both to speak the truth, and yet not to be open to cavil.

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5. Luke 23:3

   So Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.

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   “Our Lord is accused and is silent, for He needs no defence. Let them cast about for defence who fear to be conquered. He does not then confirm, the accusation by His silence, but He despises it by not refuting it. Why then should He fear who does not court safety? The Safety of all men forfeits His own, that He may gain that of all.

   “Likewise, when Pirate asked Him, "Art thou Christ (the King)? "He answered, as He had before (to the Jewish council) "Thou sayest that I am" in order that He might not seem to have been driven by a fear of his power to give him a fuller answer.

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6. John 18:33

   Pilate went back into the Praetorium, summoned Jesus, and asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”

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   “Having nothing at all to accuse Him of, and none of those crimes to allege against Him, which seem to bring in their train just punishment on the doers of them, and Pilate persisting in inquiring why they had brought Him, they assert that Jesus had sinned against Caesar, in assuming on Himself the dominion which Caesar had acquired over the Jews, and in changing the glory of his kingdom to suit His personal pretensions.

   “Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again,....

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7. John 18:34

   “Are you saying this on your own,” Jesus asked, “or did others tell you about Me?”

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   “As no one, He says, has openly brought this charge against Me, whence proceeds your question? There can be no doubt that this trick proceeds from the malice of the Jews, and that they devised this cruel stratagem; for else you would not be, He says, at once judge and accuser.

   “Jesus answered him, sayest thou this thing of thyself,.... That he was the king of the Jews: Christ's meaning is, whether he asserted this from the sentiments of his own mind; or moved the question from anything he himself had observed, which might give him just ground to suspect that he had, or intended to set up himself as the king of that nation: or did others tell it thee of me?

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8. Acts 7:1

   Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”

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   "they saw his face." It even happens that someone who is in a lower rank appears graceful and splendid. Therefore, so that those to whom he was about to speak might be struck dumb by his words, he begins with a facial display, by which …

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