From Nave’s Topical Bible
Complicity
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 12Passages listed
- 9Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- General scriptures concerningPsalms 50:18Proverbs 29:24Romans 1:322 John 1:102 John 1:11
- INSTANCES OF
- The daughter of Herodias, in asking for the head of John the BaptistMatthew 14:8Mark 6:25
- Pilate, in the death of JesusMatthew 27:17–26Mark 15:9–15Luke 23:13–25John 19:13–16
- Paul, in the stoning of StephenActs 7:58
- See Collusion
- See Connivance
- See Conspiracy
The passages, in Bible order (12)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 12 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Psalms 50:18
When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
Commentary on Psalms 50:181 voice
To neglect these things any further, and to persevere in the former error, what is it else than to fall under the Lord's rebuke, who in the l psalm reproveth, and says, "What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant into thy mouth, seeing thou hatest instruction and castest my words behind thee? When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers."
Cyprian· Epistle LXII, 258Patristic
- Proverbs 29:24
A partner to a thief hates his own soul; he receives the oath, but does not testify.
Commentary on Proverbs 29:241 voice
He who associates with a thief hates his own soul, etc. Wisdom teaches its helper not only to abstain from sins but also to refrain from the company of sinners, lest he should deserve to hear from the strict judge, "If you saw a thief, …
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735Patristic
- Matthew 14:8
Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
Commentary on Matthew 14:81 voice
(Verse 8.) 'Give me,' she says, 'here on a platter, the head of John the Baptist.' Herodias, fearing that Herod might someday come to his senses and become a friend to his brother Philip, and that their unlawful marriage would be dissolved, instructs her daughter to immediately request the head of John at the very banquet itself: a worthy reward for the dance, a worthy prize for the blood. And the king was saddened. It is the custom of the Scriptures that the historian narrates the opinion of many, just as it was believed by all at that time.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
- Matthew 27:17–26
So when the crowd had assembled, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”
Commentary on Matthew 27:17–261 voice
So when they had gathered, Pilate said to them: Whom do you want me to release to you, Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ? For he knew that they had handed Him over out of envy. Pilate offers them the option of releasing whoever they want, either the robber or Jesus, not doubting that they would choose Jesus, knowing that He had been handed over out of envy. Therefore, the evident cause of the cross is envy.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
- Mark 6:25
At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”
Commentary on Mark 6:252 voices
And she came in straightway with haste unto the, king,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
(ubi sup.) His oath does not excuse his murder, for perchance his reason for swearing was, that he might find an opportunity for slaying, and if she had demanded the death of his father and mother, he surely would not have granted it. It goes on, And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. Worthy is blood to be asked as the reward of such a deed as dancing. It goes on, And she came in straightway with haste, &c.
Bede· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 735Patristic
- Mark 15:9–15
“Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” Pilate asked.
Commentary on Mark 15:9–152 voices
But Pilate answered them; saying,.... Being satisfied of the innocence of Jesus, and being willing to dismiss him: will ye that I release unto you the king of the Jews? he who is called so; and which he either said by way of derision both of Christ, and them; or else in order to prevail upon them to ask his release, it being scandalous and reproachful to put their king to death.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
Here are two goats; one is the scape goat, that is, one loosed and sent out into the wilderness of hell with the sin of the people; the other is slain, as a lamb, for the sins of those who are forgiven. The Lord's portion is always slain; the devil's part, (for he is the master of those men, which is the meaning of Barabbas,) when freed, is cast headlong into hell.
Pseudo-Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 9999Patristic
- Luke 23:13–25
Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,
Commentary on Luke 23:13–251 voice
Similarly, I think that this is a prototype of all judgments that they would condemn those whom they believed to be innocent. However, it is evident that the Gentiles are more tolerant than the Jews, as Pilate's association with them demonstrates, and they are more persuaded by divine works.
Ambrose of Milan· EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF LUKE 10.101, 397Patristic
- John 19:13–16
When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat on the judgment seat at a place called the Stone Pavement, which in Hebrew is Gabbatha.
Commentary on John 19:13–161 voice
On the day of the preparation, then, at the third hour, He received the sentence from Pilate, the Father permitting that to happen; at the sixth hour He was crucified; at the ninth hour He gave up the ghost; and before sunset He was buried. During the Sabbath He continued under the earth in the tomb in which Joseph of Arimathaea had laid Him.
Ignatius of Antioch· Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians, 108Patristic
- Acts 7:58
They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
Commentary on Acts 7:581 voice
Often one who is seen to come after us surpasses us through the swiftness of good work, and tomorrow we scarcely follow him whom today we seemed to precede. Certainly when Stephen was dying for the faith, Saul was guarding the garments of those who were stoning him. Therefore he himself stoned with the hands of all who were stoning, since he rendered them all free to stone, and yet in the holy Church he surpassed in labors that very one whom by persecuting he made a martyr.
Gregory the Dialogist· Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 19, 604Patristic
- Romans 1:32
Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
Commentary on Romans 1:321 voice
Perverted human tradition is the source of great evil for us, in that some sins are denounced while others are viewed with indifference. Crimes like homicide and adultery are the object of a violent but feigned indignation while others, like anger, reviling, drunkenness or avarice, are not considered deserving of even a simple admonition.
Basil of Caesarea· ON THE JUDGMENT OF GOD, 379Patristic
- 2 John 1:10
If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him.
- 2 John 1:11
Whoever greets such a person shares in his evil deeds.
Commentary on 2 John 1:111 voice
But as many as separate from the Church, and give heed to such old wives' fables as these, are truly self-condemned; and these men Paul commands us, "after a first and second admonition, to avoid." And John, the disciple of the Lord, has intensified their condemnation, when he desires us not even to address to them the salutation of "good-speed;" for, says he, "He that bids them be of good-speed is a partaker with their evil deeds;" and that with reason, "for there is no good-speed to the ungodly," saith the Lord.
Irenaeus· Against Heresies Book 1, 202Patristic