Luk 23:2-5, Act 24:5, 1Th 5:22, 1Pe 2:13-15 | ESV | STEP | And they began to accuse him , saying , We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar , and saying that he himself is Christ , a king .

Luke 23:2-5

2 And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man ^amisleading our nation and ^bforbidding us to give tribute to ^cCaesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, ^da king.” 3 ^eAnd Pilate asked him, ^f“Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, ^g“You have said so.” 4 Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, ^h“I find no guilt in this man.” 5 But they were urgent, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, ⁱfrom Galilee even to this place.”

Acts 24:5

5 For we have found this man a plague, ^jone who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of ^kthe sect of the Nazarenes.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

22 Abstain from every form of evil.

1 Peter 2:13-15

Submission to Authority

13 ^lBe subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, ^{▼▼Or every institution ordained for people} whether it be to the emperor ^{▼▼Or king; also verse 17} as supreme, 14 or to governors as sent by him ^oto punish those who do evil and ^pto praise those who do good. 15 For this is the will of God, ^qthat by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.