Luke 24:20

And how the chief priests and our rulers gave him up to be put to death on the cross.

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In The King James Version

And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.

In Context

19And he said to them, What things? And they said, The things to do with Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, great in his acts and his words, before God and all the people:

21But we were hoping that he would be the Saviour of Israel. In addition to all this he has now let three days go by from the time when these things took place;

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Cross References

Matthew 27:1Now when it was morning, all the chief priests and those in authority took thought together with the purpose of putting Jesus to death.

Mark 15:1And the first thing in the morning the chief priests, with those in authority and the scribes and all the Sanhedrin, had a meeting, and put cords round Jesus, and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate.

Luke 23:13And Pilate sent for the chief priests and the rulers and the people, and said to them,

Acts 4:8Then Peter, being full of the Holy Spirit, said to them, O you rulers of the people and men of authority,

Acts 5:30The God of our fathers gave Jesus back to life, whom you had put to death, hanging him on a tree.

Matthew Henry on Luke 24:14-36

The Disciples Going to Emmaus. 13 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. 14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened. 15 And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. 16 But their eyes were holden that they should not know him. 17 And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are… Read the whole commentary →

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