Matthew 26:3
Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, into the court of the chief priest who was called Caiaphas;
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4and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill [Him],
Cross References
Psalms 56:6They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, || When they have expected my soul.
Psalms 94:20Is a throne of mischief joined [with] You? A framer of perverseness by statute?
Jeremiah 17:27And if you do not listen to Me to sanctify the day of rest, || And so as not to bear a burden, || And to come in at the gates of Jerusalem on the day of rest, || Then I have kindled a fire in its gates, || And it has consumed the high places of Jerusalem, || And it is not quenched!”
Matthew 21:45And the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard His allegories, knew that He speaks of them,
Matthew 26:69And Peter was sitting in the court outside, and there came near to him a certain maid, saying, “And you were with Jesus of Galilee!”
Luke 3:2[and] Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests—there came a word of God 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 →