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Deuteronomy 21:22

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¶ And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
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  1. Acts 26:31Rank 1 from verse 22
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    31And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

  2. John 19:31–38Rank 2 from verse 22
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    31The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

    32Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.

    33But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:

    34But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.

    35And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.

    36For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.

    37And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.

    38¶ And after this Joseph of Arimathæa, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.

  3. Acts 23:29Rank 3 from verse 22
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    29Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.

  4. Deuteronomy 22:26Rank 4 from verse 22
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    26But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:

  5. Luke 23:33Rank 5 from verse 22
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    33And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.

  6. Matthew 26:66Rank 6 from verse 22
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    66What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.

  7. 1 Samuel 26:16Rank 7 from verse 22
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    16This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the Lord liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the Lord’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.

  8. 2 Samuel 21:6Rank 8 from verse 22
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    6Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, whom the Lord did choose. And the king said, I will give them.

  9. 2 Samuel 21:9Rank 9 from verse 22
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    9And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the Lord: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.

  10. 2 Samuel 4:12Rank 10 from verse 22
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    12And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

  11. Acts 25:11Rank 11 from verse 22
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    11For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Cæsar.

  12. Deuteronomy 19:6Rank 12 from verse 22
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    6Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.

  13. Joshua 10:26Rank 13 from verse 22
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    26And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

  14. Joshua 8:29Rank 14 from verse 22
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    29And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.

  15. Mark 14:64Rank 15 from verse 22
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    64Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.

  16. Acts 25:25Rank 16 from verse 22
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    25But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.

  17. Numbers 25:4Rank 17 from verse 22
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    4And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel.

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Deuteronomy 21:22

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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COMBINED MEANING

committed

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1. Performed or did an act, offence, trespass, or sin. 2. Entrusted, delivered, or placed a person or thing in another’s charge, custody, care, or keeping, or gave it over to a place or course.

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COMBINED MEANING

sin

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1. Wrongdoing against God and his law; transgression or unrighteousness. 2. The guilt or burden of such wrongdoing, or the inward principle so named. 3. As a verb, to commit such wrongdoing.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

worthy

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Sense 1: Deserving, fit, suitable, or having worth. Sense 2: As a noun, a person of merit, rank, or valor.

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COMBINED MEANING

put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

hang

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Sense 1: To suspend or be suspended from above, or to attach or hold by a support. Sense 2: To put to death by suspension upon a tree or gallows. Sense 3: To droop or be lowered. Sense 4: By figure, to depend upon.

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on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

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21:22¶ And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:

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21:23His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

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