1Ki 21:11-13, Act 4:1-3, 26-28, 5:17-18, 26-27, 13:50, 16:19-20, Jam 5:6 | ESV | STEP | And the men of his city , the elders and the leaders who lived in his city , did as Jezebel had sent word to them. As it was written in the letters that she had sent to them,

a[See ver. 8 above]

1 Kings 21:11-13

11 And the men of his city, ^athe elders and the leaders who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent word to them. As it was written in the letters that she had sent to them, 12 ^bthey proclaimed a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people. 13 And the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him. And the worthless men brought a charge against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.

Acts 4:1-3

Peter and John Before the Council

1 And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and ^cthe captain of the temple and ^dthe Sadducees came upon them, 2 greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming ^ein Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3 And they arrested them and ^fput them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening.

Acts 4:26-28

26 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and ^gthe rulers were gathered together,
against the Lord and against his ^hAnointed’ ^{▼▼Or Christ}—
27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your ^jholy servant Jesus, ^kwhom you anointed, both ^lHerod and ^mPontius Pilate, along ⁿwith the Gentiles and ^othe peoples of Israel, 28 ^pto do whatever your hand and ^qyour plan had predestined to take place.

Acts 5:17-18

The Apostles Arrested and Freed

17 But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is, the party of ^rthe Sadducees), and filled with ^sjealousy 18 they arrested the apostles and ^tput them in the public prison.

Acts 5:26-27

26 Then ^uthe captain with the officers went and brought them, but not by force, for ^vthey were afraid of being stoned by the people.

27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them,

Acts 13:50

50 ^wBut the Jews ^{▼▼Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time} incited the devout ^ywomen of high standing and the leading men of the city, ^zstirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and ^aadrove them out of their district.

Acts 16:19-20

19 But ^abwhen her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and ^acdragged them into the marketplace before the rulers. 20 And when they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men are Jews, and they are disturbing our city.

James 5:6

6 You have condemned and ^admurdered ^aethe righteous person. He does not resist you.