From Nave’s Topical Bible
Opinion, Public
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.
- 29Passages listed
- 6Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- (Kings influenced by)
- See Kings
- Jesus inquires aboutMatthew 16:13Luke 9:18
- Feared by
- NicodemusJohn 3:2
- Joseph of ArimathaeaJohn 19:38
- The parents of the man who was born blindJohn 9:21John 9:22
- Rulers, who believed in Jesus, but feared the PhariseesJohn 12:42John 12:43
- Chief priests, who feared to answer the questions of JesusMatthew 21:26Mark 11:18Mark 11:32Mark 12:12
- Chief preists, who feared to further persecute the disciplesActs 4:21Acts 5:26
- CONCESSIONS TO
- By Paul, in circumcising TimothyActs 16:3
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- James and the Christian elders, who required Paul to observe certain ritesActs 21:18–26
- Disciples, who urged circumcisionGalatians 6:12
- Peter and Barnabas with othersGalatians 2:11–14
- See Prudence
- CORRUPT YIELDING TO
- By Herod (Antipas), in the case of John the BaptistMark 6:26
- Of PeterActs 12:3
- By Peter, concerning JesusMatthew 26:69–75
- By PilateMatthew 27:23–27Mark 15:15Luke 23:13–25John 18:38John 18:39John 19:4–14
- By Felix and Festus, concerning PaulActs 24:27Acts 25:9
The passages, in Bible order (29)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Matthew 16:13
When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, He questioned His disciples: “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”
Commentary on Matthew 16:131 voice
This Philip was the brother of Herod, the tetrarch of Ituræa, and the region of Trachonitis, who gave to the city, which is now called Panæas, the name of Cæsarea in honour of Tiberius Cæsar. Beautifully is the question put, Whom do men say that the Son of Man is? For they who speak of the Son of Man, are men: but they who understood His divine nature are called not men but Gods.
Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 420Patristic
- Matthew 21:26
But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet.”
Commentary on Matthew 21:261 voice
He also said to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. They answered and said to him: We don't know. Then Jesus also replied to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. But the Truth cannot lie, and he said: Neither do I tell you. From this, he shows that they know but refuse to answer, and he knows but refuses to say, because they keep silent about what they know.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
- Matthew 26:69–75
Meanwhile, Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him. “You also were with Jesus the Galilean,” she said.
- Matthew 27:23–27
“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”
Commentary on Matthew 27:23–272 voices
(Verse 22, 23.) Pilate said to them: What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ? They all said: Let him be crucified. The governor asked: What evil has he done? But they shouted even louder, saying: Let him be crucified. Pilate gave many opportunities to release the Savior. First, he compared him to a just thief. Then he asked: What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ? That is, who is your king.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
"The governor said to them: Why, what evil hath he done?" Here he appeals to his innocence, intending to free him, as if employing what is said at Jeremiah 2:5: "what iniquity have your fathers found in me?" And John 8:46: "which of you shall …
Thomas Aquinas· Commentary on Matthew, 1274Patristic
- Mark 6:26
The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.
Commentary on Mark 6:261 voice
A Man's disposition ought to be undefiled and sound, so that he may utter words without dissimulation and possess his vessel in sanctification; that he may not delude his brother with false words nor promise aught dishonourable. If he has made such a promise it is far better for him not to fulfil it, rather than to fulfil what is shameful. Often people bind themselves by a solemn oath, and, though they come to know that they ought not to have made the promise, fulfil it in consideration of their oath. This is what Herod did, as we mentioned before.
Ambrose of Milan· On the Duties of the Clergy, Book 3, 397Patristic
- Mark 11:18
When the chief priests and scribes heard this, they looked for a way to kill Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.
- Mark 11:32
But if we say, ‘From men’...” they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John truly was a prophet.
Commentary on Mark 11:321 voice
They were angry with the Lord, for having cast out of the temple those who had made it a place of merchandize, and therefore they come up to Him, to question and tempt Him. Wherefore it is said: And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the Chief Priests, and the Scribes, and the elders, and say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee authority to do these things? As if they had said, Who art thou that doest these things?
Theophylact of Ohrid· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 1107Patristic
- Mark 12:12
At this, the leaders sought to arrest Jesus, for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them. But fearing the crowd, they left Him and went away.
Commentary on Mark 12:121 voice
(ubi sup.) But the Chief Priests showed that those things which the Lord had spoken were true; which is proved from what follows: And they sought to lay hold on him; for He Himself is the heir, whose unjust death He said was to be revenged by the Father. Again, in a moral sense, each of the faithful, when the Sacrament of Baptism is intrusted to him, receives on hire a vineyard, which he is to cultivate.
Bede· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 735Patristic
- Mark 15:15
And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.
Commentary on Mark 15:152 voices
He himself suffered the lash, in whose name his servants now scourge the devil and his angels. He who now crowns the martyrs with eternal garlands was himself crowned with thorns.
Cyprian· Treatise IX. On the Advantage of Patience 7, 258Patristic
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 9:18
One day as Jesus was praying in private and the disciples were with Him, He questioned them: “Who do the crowds say I am?”
- 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 3:2
He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
- John 9:21
But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”
- John 9:22
His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
- John 12:42
Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue.
Commentary on John 12:421 voice
Now, however, when constrained by the signs to believe and no longer daring to gainsay the Lord, they fail of eternal life through the persistence of their own abominable perversity in esteeming their position in the eyes of men higher than their relationship to God, and in being slaves of a temporal glory, deeming it an intolerable loss to fail of honour at the hands of the Pharisees. Forasmuch therefore as this was what hindered them from believing, hear what the Christ says...
Cyril of Alexandria· Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 8 (Fragments), 444Patristic
- John 12:43
For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.
Commentary on John 12:431 voice
When we are persecuted, let us not think it strange; let us not love the present world, nor the praises which come from men, nor the glory and honour of rulers, according as some of the Jews wondered at the mighty works of our Lord, yet did not believe on Him, for fear of the high priests and the rest of the rulers: "For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God."
Apostolic Constitutions· Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book 5, 380Patristic