Bible Verses About Bar Kokhba

I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.

Primary messianic prophecy text used by early Christian writers.

For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

Bible text behind the early Christian warning

For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

Parallel Gospel warning used in the same way

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

Short form of the deception warning

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

Another parallel warning used by early Christian writers

And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

Messianic prophecy and Jerusalem judgment background.

And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

Parallel passage for false prophets.

And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.

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And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.

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And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

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And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:

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And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

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That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

Apostolic summary of Christ's suffering and resurrection.

After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.

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For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.

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Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.

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But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.

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But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

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But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.

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But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.

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Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand.

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And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

Passion and resurrection passage.

And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of others, that one of the old prophets was risen again.

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Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.

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And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.

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And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

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Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.

Apostolic summary of Christ's suffering and resurrection.

So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.

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Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

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Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

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In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king.

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The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.

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The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah,

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