Luke 24:20

and how the chief priests and our leading men gave him up to be sentenced to death, and afterward crucified him.

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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

19“What things do you mean?” asked Jesus. “Why, about Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered, “who, in the eyes of God and all the people, was a prophet, whose power was felt in both his words and actions;

21But we were hoping that he was the Destined Deliverer of Israel; yes, and besides all this, it is now three days since these things occurred.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:1At daybreak all the chief priests and the elders of the people consulted together against Jesus, to bring about his death.

Mark 15:1As soon as it was daylight, the chief priests, after holding a consultation with elders and teachers of the Law – that is to say, the whole High Council – put Jesus in chains, and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate.

Luke 23:13So Pilate summoned the chief priests, and the leading men, and the people,

Acts 4:8Then, Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said, “Leaders of the people and elders,

Acts 5:30The God of our ancestors raised Jesus, whom you put to death by hanging him on a cross.

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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