Matthew 26:3
Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were assembled into the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
English Majority Text (NT)
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In Context
4and plotted to take Jesus by guile and kill Him.
Cross References
Matthew 21:45Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that He was speaking about them.
Matthew 26:69Now Peter sat outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came to him, saying, “You also were with Jesus of Galilee.”
Luke 3:2in the time of the high priest Annas and the high priest Caiaphas, the word of God came to 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 →