Definition and Context:
Jury duty refers to the civic responsibility of a citizen to serve as a juror in a legal proceeding, typically in a court of law. This duty involves evaluating evidence, deliberating with fellow jurors, and rendering a verdict in a trial. While the concept of a jury as understood in modern legal systems is not explicitly found in the Bible, principles related to justice, fairness, and communal responsibility are deeply embedded in biblical teachings.

Biblical Principles Related to Justice and Fairness:
The Bible emphasizes the importance of justice and fairness, which are foundational to the concept of jury duty. In the Old Testament, God commands His people to uphold justice: "You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment" (Deuteronomy 16:18). This directive underscores the communal responsibility to ensure justice is served.

Impartiality and Integrity:
The Bible stresses the need for impartiality and integrity in judgment. Leviticus 19:15 states, "You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly." This principle aligns with the role of a juror, who must evaluate evidence and testimonies without bias or prejudice.

Witnesses and Evidence:
The requirement for multiple witnesses in legal matters is a biblical principle that supports the integrity of the judicial process. Deuteronomy 19:15 declares, "A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses." This principle is mirrored in modern legal systems, where evidence and corroboration are crucial for a fair trial.

Community Responsibility:
The Bible reflects a strong sense of community responsibility, which is inherent in the duty of serving on a jury. In the New Testament, Paul writes, "Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ" (Galatians 6:2). Serving on a jury can be seen as a way to bear the communal burden of ensuring justice and righteousness in society.

Moral and Ethical Considerations:
The Bible calls believers to act justly and love mercy. Micah 6:8 states, "He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?" This verse encapsulates the moral and ethical considerations that should guide a juror in their duty.

Conclusion:
While the specific practice of jury duty is not detailed in the Bible, the principles of justice, fairness, impartiality, and community responsibility are deeply rooted in Scripture. These principles provide a framework for understanding the importance and responsibility of serving as a juror in the pursuit of justice.Acts 14:17
Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
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John 18:1-40
When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.
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Eunomius Himself Proves that the Confession of Faith which He Made ...
... his apology proves this species of profanity to be a positive duty, and instead
of ... compromise [82] the matter now, or what sort of verdict that jury must return ...
/.../gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 7 eunomius himself proves.htm

Capital Punishment
... shed"our duty was to trust God, to obey God, and to do our duty against the ... and likeness,
so is the man whom he murders; and so also is the jury who convict ...
/.../kingsley/all saints day and other sermons/sermon vi capital punishment.htm

Appendix.
... The giving of an oath before a judge and jury, or on a jury before a judge, under
an unscriptural government, does ... The one is a duty; the other would be sinful ...
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The Knowledge of God
... cannot proceed without a jury, the jury must search the cause, and give in the verdict;
but God can judge without a jury. ... How would it animate and spirit duty? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a body of divinity/2 the knowledge of god.htm

Gracious Ability.
... And viewed relatively to his right to command, and their duty to obey, this ... of
discourse." Should an advocate in his argument to the court or jury, attempt to ...
/.../finney/systematic theology/lecture xxxii gracious ability.htm

The Beecher Trial
... should share their advantage, he was faithful to what he esteemed his first duty. ...
The civil trial resulted in a disagreement of the jury, but the chief lawyer ...
/.../griswold/sixty years with plymouth church/the beecher trial.htm

In Charging Basil with not Defending his Faith at the Time of the ...
... If it was a duty to speak at the actual time of the trial (for that is the law ... to
use his own phrase, there was a packed panel of them where a jury ought to ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 9 in charging basil.htm

The Old Testament and Comparative Religion
... criticize all books." And can we refuse to open our Bible before the jury of the ...
that they believe in the existence of other deities, and in their duty to pay ...
/.../eiselen/the christian view of the old testament/chapter v the old testament.htm

Stones Crying Out
... were two memorials, one on the bank, one in the stream"'a grand jury of great ... These
grey stones preached at once the duty of remembering, and the danger of ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/stones crying out.htm

What I Think of Myself and what God Thinks of Me
... with a little package of contraband goods that does not pay any duty, make a ... tribunal
'without a stain on his character,' when he is his own judge and jury. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/what i think of myself.htm

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