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Daniel 3:8-12
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Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near and accused the Jews.
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They spoke and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "O king, live for ever!
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Thou, O king, hast made a decree that every man who shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;
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and whoso falleth not down and worshipeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
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There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, have not regarded thee. They serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up."
Acts 16:19
And when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they caught Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
Acts 16:24
He, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison and made their feet fast in the stocks.
Acts 24:2-9
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And when Paul was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, "Seeing that by thee we enjoy much quietness, most noble Felix, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,
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we accept it always and in all places with all thankfulness.
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Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear from us in thy clemency a few words.
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For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
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who also hath gone about profaning the temple. Him we took and would have judged according to our law.
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But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,
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commanding his accusers to come unto thee, so that by examining him thyself, thou mayest have knowledge of all of these things whereof we accuse him."
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And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.
The thing
Daniel 6:8
Now, O king, establish the decree and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not."
Esther 1:19
If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, that Vashti come no more before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another who is better than she.