plead the blood of Jesus

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plead the blood of Jesus (third-person singular simple present pleads the blood of Jesus, present participle pleading the blood of Jesus, simple past and past participle pleaded the blood of Jesus)

  1. To avow one's faith that Jesus Christ will save one from calamity.
    • 2004, Wallace Shows, The Revelation of Jesus Christ, page 194:
      Satan is absolutely stymied when a believer pleads the blood of Jesus. Satan can't get through the "blood" to harm the believer. If the believer but stay under the blood, he will be safe.
    • 2020, Chichi Onoriobe, Exploring the Efficacy of Christ's Blood:
      When a blood-bought child of God pleads the blood of Jesus in any situation, he or she invites Jesus himself into that situation. No sickness or disease can stand in Jesus's presence.
    • 2021 January 19, Travis M. Andrews, quoting Joshua Matthew Black, “The Capitol rioters kept posting incriminating things on social media. Unsurprisingly, they were mocked — and arrested.”, in The Washington Post[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-01-19, Internet Culture‎[2]:
      “Once we found out Pence turned on us and that they had stolen the election, like, officially, the crowd went crazy. I mean, it became a mob. We crossed the gate,” he said, according to court documents. “We just wanted to get inside the building. I wanted to get inside the building so I could plead the blood of Jesus over it. That was my goal.”

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