Matthew 26:3
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of Caiaphas, the high priest.
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4There they plotted to arrest Jesus on some deceitful pretext and kill him.
Cross References
Psalms 56:6They gather together in their hiding places to keep watch on me, hoping to kill me.
Psalms 94:20Can unjust judges really be on your side, Lord, when their corrupt use of the law causes misery?
Jeremiah 17:27But if you refuse to listen to me and keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will set its gates alight with a fire that can't be put out, and it will burn down Jerusalem's fortresses.
Matthew 21:45When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his illustrations, they realized he was speaking about them.
Matthew 26:69Meanwhile Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant girl came up to him, and said, “You, you were with Jesus the Galilean!”
Luke 3:2Annas and Caiphas were the current high priests. This was the time when the word of God came to John, Zechariah's son, who was living in the desert.
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 →