Matthew 26:3
Then the chief priests, and the scholars, and the elders of the people, assembled together to the courtyard of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
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2Ye know that after two days the Passover comes, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.
4and they deliberated so that they might take Jesus by trickery, and kill him.
Cross References
Psalms 56:6They gather themselves together. They hide themselves. They mark my steps, even as they have waited for my soul.
Psalms 94:20Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, which frames mischief by statute?
Jeremiah 17:27But if ye will not hearken to me to hallow the Sabbath day, and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in the gates of it, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusa
Matthew 21:45And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he spoke about them.
Matthew 26:69Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and one servant girl came to him, saying, Thou also were with Jesus the Galilean.
Luke 3:2in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God became in John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 26:2-6
The Plot of the Chief Priests. 1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, 2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. 3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. 5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar… Read the whole commentary →